Where does “empat puluh tiga” come from?
empat puluh tiga (Malay) comes from Malay tigă, from Old Malay *tiga, from Prakrit 𑀢𑀺𑀕, from Sanskrit त्रिक — triple.
empat puluh tiga (Malay): forty-three
Definitions
- forty-three
Ancestry of “empat puluh tiga”, step by step
empat puluh tiga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay tigă
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | tigă | Obsolete spelling of tiga |
| 2 | Old Malay | *tiga | — |
| 3 | Prakrit | 𑀢𑀺𑀕 | — |
| 4 | Sanskrit | त्रिक | triple |
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 | — |