Where does “enam puluh dua” come from?

enam puluh dua (Malay) comes from Malay dua, from Proto-Malayic dua(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha, from Proto-Austronesian *duha, from Proto-Austronesian duSa — two.

enam puluh dua (Malay): sixty-two

Definitions

  1. sixty-two

Ancestry of “enam puluh dua”, step by step

enam puluh dua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay dua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayduatwo
2Proto-Malayicdua(ʔ)two
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianduhatwo
4Proto-Austronesian*duha
5Proto-AustronesianduSatwo

via Malay enam puluh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayenam puluhsixty
2Proto-Malayicənəm puluh
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianənəm puluq
4Proto-Austronesianənəm puluq
Every word from Proto-Austronesian duSaEvery word from Proto-Austronesian *duhaEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian duha