Where does “empat puluh empat” come from?
empat puluh empat (Malay) comes from Malay empat, from Proto-Malayic əmpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.
empat puluh empat (Malay): forty-four
Ancestry of “empat puluh empat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Malay | empat | four |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | əmpat | four |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | əpat | four |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | Səpat | four |