Where does “delapan belas” come from?

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

delapan belas (Malay): eighteen

Definitions

  1. eighteen

Ancestry of “delapan belas”, step by step

delapan belas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay dĕlapan

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

via Malay belas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybelas-teen; clemency, pity
2Javanesewelas—
Every word from Proto-Malayic dua(ʔ) alap-an →Every word from Malay dĕlapan →