Where does “empat puluh satu” come from?

empat puluh satu (Malay) comes from Malay satu, from Proto-Malayic sA-, from Proto-Malayic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa, from Proto-Oceanic *isa.

empat puluh satu (Malay): forty-one

Definitions

  1. forty-one

Ancestry of “empat puluh satu”, step by step

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

via Malay satu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysatuone
2Proto-MalayicsA-one
3Proto-Malayicəsa—
4Proto-Malayo-Chamicəsa—
5Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanəsa—
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
7Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
8Proto-Oceanic*isa—

via Malay empat puluh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayempat puluhforty
2Proto-Malayicəmpat puluh—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpat puluq—
4Proto-AustronesianSəpat puluq—
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *əsa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa →