Where does “tiga puluh delapan” come from?

tiga puluh delapan (Indonesian) comes from Malay tiga puluh, from Indonesian tiga, from Malay tigă, from Old Malay *tiga, from Prakrit 𑀢𑀺𑀕, from Sanskrit त्रिक — triple.

tiga puluh delapan (Indonesian): thirty-eight

Definitions

  1. thirty-eight

Ancestry of “tiga puluh delapan”, step by step

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

via Malay tiga puluh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytiga puluhthirty
2Indonesiantigathree
3MalaytigăObsolete spelling of tiga
4Old Malay*tiga—
5Prakrit𑀢𑀺𑀕—
6Sanskritत्रिकtriple

via Indonesian delapan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiandelapaneight
2MalaydĕlapanObsolete spelling of delapan
3Proto-Malayicdua(ʔ) alap-aneight
Every word from Sanskrit त्रिक →Every word from Prakrit 𑀢𑀺𑀕 →Every word from Old Malay *tiga →