Where does “kesepuluh” come from?

kesepuluh (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian ke, from Malay ke, from Old Malay ka, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ka, from Proto-Austronesian ka — if.

kesepuluh (Indonesian): tenth

Definitions

  1. tenth

Ancestry of “kesepuluh”, step by step

kesepuluh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian ke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianketo
2Malaykeor; to
3Old Malayka—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankaif
5Proto-Austronesiankaif

via Indonesian sepuluh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansepuluhten
2Malaysepuluhten
3Proto-MalayicsA-puluh—
4Proto-Oceanic*sa-puluq—
5Austronesian*sa-puluq—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian ka →