Where does “pat” come from?

pat (Indonesian) comes from Malay pat, from Malay empat, from Proto-Malayic əmpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.

pat (Indonesian): Alternative form of empat

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of empat

Ancestry of “pat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalaypatAlternative form of empat
2Malayempatfour
3Proto-Malayicəmpatfour
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
5Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour
Every word from Proto-Austronesian SəpatEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpatEvery word from Proto-Malayic əmpat
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