Where does “lima puluh empat” come from?

lima puluh empat (Malay) comes from Malay empat, from Proto-Malayic əmpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.

lima puluh empat (Malay): fifty-four

Definitions

  1. fifty-four

Ancestry of “lima puluh empat”, step by step

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

via Malay empat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayempatfour
2Proto-Malayicəmpatfour
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
4Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour

via Malay lima puluh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylima puluhfifty
2Proto-Malayiclima(ʔ) puluh—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlima puluq—
4Proto-Austronesianlima puluq—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səpat →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat →Every word from Proto-Malayic əmpat →
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