Where does “lima puluh delapan” come from?

lima puluh delapan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian lima puluh, from Malay lima puluh, from Proto-Malayic lima(ʔ) puluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lima puluq, from Proto-Austronesian lima puluq.

lima puluh delapan (Indonesian): fifty-eight

Definitions

  1. fifty-eight

Ancestry of “lima puluh delapan”, step by step

lima puluh delapan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian lima puluh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianlima puluhfifty
2Malaylima puluhfifty
3Proto-Malayiclima(ʔ) puluh—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlima puluq—
5Proto-Austronesianlima puluq—

via Indonesian delapan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiandelapaneight
2MalaydĕlapanObsolete spelling of delapan
3Proto-Malayicdua(ʔ) alap-aneight
Every word from Proto-Austronesian lima puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lima puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayic lima(ʔ) puluh →
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