Where does “empat likur” come from?

empat likur (Malay) comes from Malay empat, from Proto-Malayic əmpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.

empat likur (Malay): twenty-four

Definitions

  1. twenty-four

Ancestry of “empat likur”, step by step

empat likur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay empat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayempatfour
2Proto-Malayicəmpatfour
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
4Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour

via Malay likur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylikur-tween
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səpat →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat →Every word from Proto-Malayic əmpat →