Where does “lima puluh sembilan” come from?

lima puluh sembilan (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 sembilan (Indonesian): fifty-nine

Definitions

  1. fifty-nine

Ancestry of “lima puluh sembilan”, step by step

lima puluh sembilan 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 sembilan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansembilannine
2MalaysĕmbilanObsolete spelling of sembilan
3Proto-Malayicəsa(ʔ) ambil-annine
Every word from Proto-Austronesian lima puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lima puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayic lima(ʔ) puluh →