Where does “empat puluh” come from?

empat puluh (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic əmpat puluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat puluq, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat puluq.

empat puluh (Malay): forty

Definitions

  1. forty

Ancestry of “empat puluh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicəmpat puluh—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpat puluq—
3Proto-AustronesianSəpat puluq—

Words derived from “empat puluh”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səpat puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayic əmpat puluh →