Where does “sembilan puluh delapan” come from?

sembilan puluh delapan (Indonesian) comes from Malay sembilan puluh, from Malay puluh, from Proto-Malayic puluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq, from Proto-Austronesian puluq — ten.

sembilan puluh delapan (Indonesian): ninety-eight

Definitions

  1. ninety-eight

Ancestry of “sembilan puluh delapan”, step by step

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

via Malay sembilan puluh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysembilan puluhninety
2Malaypuluhten
3Proto-Malayicpuluhten
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuluqten
5Proto-Austronesianpuluqten

via Indonesian delapan

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