Where does “lapan likur” come from?

lapan likur (Malay) comes from Malay lapan, from Malay dĕlapan, from Proto-Malayic dua(ʔ) alap-an — eight.

lapan likur (Malay): twenty-eight

Definitions

  1. twenty-eight

Ancestry of “lapan likur”, step by step

lapan likur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay lapan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylapaneight; Nonstandard spelling of delapan
2MalaydĕlapanObsolete spelling of delapan
3Proto-Malayicdua(ʔ) alap-aneight

via Malay likur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylikur-tween
Every word from Proto-Malayic dua(ʔ) alap-an →Every word from Malay dĕlapan →Every word from Malay lapan →