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

Definitions

  1. forty-four

Ancestry of “empat puluh empat”, step by step

empat puluh empat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay empat

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

via Malay empat puluh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayempat puluhforty
2Proto-Malayicəmpat puluh—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpat puluq—
4Proto-AustronesianSəpat puluq—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səpat →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat →Every word from Proto-Malayic əmpat →