Where does “pitulas” come from?

pitulas (Javanese) comes from Javanese pitu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pitu, from Proto-Austronesian pitu, from Proto-Austroasiatic *pitu.

pitulas (Javanese): seventeen

Definitions

  1. seventeen

Ancestry of “pitulas”, step by step

pitulas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Javanese pitu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javanesepituseven
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpituseven
3Proto-Austronesianpituseven
4Proto-Austroasiatic*pitu—

via Javanese welas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javanesewelas—
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *pitu →Every word from Proto-Austronesian pitu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pitu →