Where does “lapan puluh empat” come from?

lapan puluh empat (Malay) comes from Malay lapan puluh, from Malay puluh, from Proto-Malayic puluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq, from Proto-Austronesian puluq — ten.

lapan puluh empat (Malay): eighty-four

Definitions

  1. eighty-four

Ancestry of “lapan puluh empat”, step by step

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

via Malay lapan puluh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylapan puluheighty
2Malaypuluhten
3Proto-Malayicpuluhten
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuluqten
5Proto-Austronesianpuluqten

via Malay empat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayempatfour
2Proto-Malayicəmpatfour
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
4Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour
Every word from Proto-Austronesian puluqEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluqEvery word from Proto-Malayic puluh