Where does “lima puluh satu” come from?

lima puluh satu (Malay) comes from Malay satu, from Proto-Malayic sA-, from Proto-Malayic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa, from Proto-Oceanic *isa.

lima puluh satu (Malay): fifty-one

Definitions

  1. fifty-one

Ancestry of “lima puluh satu”, step by step

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

via Malay satu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysatuone
2Proto-MalayicsA-one
3Proto-Malayicəsa—
4Proto-Malayo-Chamicəsa—
5Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanəsa—
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
7Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
8Proto-Oceanic*isa—

via Malay lima puluh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylima puluhfifty
2Proto-Malayiclima(ʔ) puluh—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlima puluq—
4Proto-Austronesianlima puluq—
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *əsa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa →