Where does “lima puluh” come from?

lima puluh (Malay) comes from Proto-Malayic lima(ʔ) puluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lima puluq, from Proto-Austronesian lima puluq.

lima puluh (Malay): fifty

Definitions

  1. fifty

Ancestry of “lima puluh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayiclima(ʔ) puluh—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlima puluq—
3Proto-Austronesianlima puluq—

Words derived from “lima puluh”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian lima puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lima puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayic lima(ʔ) puluh →
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