Where does “pitu” come from?

pitu (Indonesian) comes from Malay pitu, from Proto-Malayic pitu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pitu, from Proto-Austronesian pitu, from Proto-Austroasiatic *pitu.

pitu (Indonesian): seven

Definitions

  1. seven

Ancestry of “pitu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypituseven
2Proto-Malayicpituseven
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpituseven
4Proto-Austronesianpituseven
5Proto-Austroasiatic*pitu—
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *pitu →Every word from Proto-Austronesian pitu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pitu →