Where does “sapuluh” come from?
sapuluh (Javanese) comes from Javanese puluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq, from Proto-Austronesian puluq — ten.
sapuluh (Javanese): ten
Ancestry of “sapuluh”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Javanese | puluh | ten; although |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | puluq | ten |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | puluq | ten |