Where does “enam puluh empat” come from?

enam puluh empat (Malay) comes from Malay tigă, from Old Malay *tiga, from Prakrit 𑀢𑀺𑀕, from Sanskrit त्रिक — triple.

enam puluh empat (Malay): sixty-four

Definitions

  1. sixty-four

Ancestry of “enam puluh empat”, step by step

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

via Malay tigă

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalaytigăObsolete spelling of tiga
2Old Malay*tiga
3Prakrit𑀢𑀺𑀕
4Sanskritत्रिकtriple

via Malay enam puluh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayenam puluhsixty
2Proto-Malayicənəm puluh
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianənəm puluq
4Proto-Austronesianənəm puluq
Every word from Sanskrit त्रिकEvery word from Prakrit 𑀢𑀺𑀕Every word from Old Malay *tiga