Where does “sapuluh” come from?

sapuluh (Javanese) comes from Javanese puluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq, from Proto-Austronesian puluq — ten.

sapuluh (Javanese): ten

Definitions

  1. ten

Ancestry of “sapuluh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Javanesepuluhten; although
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuluqten
3Proto-Austronesianpuluqten
Every word from Proto-Austronesian puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq →Every word from Javanese puluh →