Where does “kesebelas” come from?

kesebelas (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian sebelas, from Malay sebelas, from Malay se, from Malay ĕsă, from Proto-Malayic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa.

kesebelas (Indonesian): eleventh

Definitions

  1. eleventh

Ancestry of “kesebelas”, step by step

kesebelas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian sebelas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansebelaseleven
2Malaysebelaseleven
3Malayseone
4MalayĕsăObsolete spelling of esa
5Proto-Malayicəsa—
6Proto-Malayo-Chamicəsa—
7Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanəsa—
8Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
9Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
10Proto-Oceanic*isa—

via Indonesian ke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianketo
2Malaykeor; to
3Old Malayka—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankaif
5Proto-Austronesiankaif
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *əsa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa →