Where does “lima puluh lapan” come from?
lima puluh lapan (Malay) comes from Malay lima puluh, from Proto-Malayic lima(ʔ) puluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lima puluq, from Proto-Austronesian lima puluq.
lima puluh lapan (Malay): fifty-eight
Ancestry of “lima puluh lapan”, step by step