Where does “tujuh puluh delapan” come from?

tujuh puluh delapan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian delapan, from Malay dĕlapan, from Proto-Malayic dua(ʔ) alap-an — eight.

tujuh puluh delapan (Indonesian): seventy-eight

Definitions

  1. seventy-eight

Ancestry of “tujuh puluh delapan”, step by step

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

via Indonesian delapan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiandelapaneight
2MalaydĕlapanObsolete spelling of delapan
3Proto-Malayicdua(ʔ) alap-aneight

via Indonesian tujuh puluh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantujuh puluhseventy
2Malaytujuh puluhseventy
3Proto-Malayictujuh puluh—
Every word from Proto-Malayic dua(ʔ) alap-an →Every word from Malay dĕlapan →Every word from Indonesian delapan →