Where does “empat puluh sembilan” come from?
empat puluh sembilan (Malay) comes from Malay empat puluh, from Proto-Malayic əmpat puluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat puluq, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat puluq.
empat puluh sembilan (Malay): forty-nine
Definitions
- forty-nine
Ancestry of “empat puluh sembilan”, step by step
empat puluh sembilan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay empat puluh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | empat puluh | forty |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | əmpat puluh | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | əpat puluq | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | Səpat puluq | — |
via Malay sĕmbilan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | sĕmbilan | Obsolete spelling of sembilan |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | əsa(ʔ) ambil-an | nine |