Where does “pitu belas” come from?

pitu belas (Malay) comes from Malay pitu, from Proto-Malayic pitu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pitu, from Proto-Austronesian pitu, from Proto-Austroasiatic *pitu.

pitu belas (Malay): seventeen

Definitions

  1. seventeen

Ancestry of “pitu belas”, step by step

pitu belas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay pitu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypituseven
2Proto-Malayicpituseven
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpituseven
4Proto-Austronesianpituseven
5Proto-Austroasiatic*pitu—

via Malay belas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybelas-teen; clemency, pity
2Javanesewelas—
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *pitu →Every word from Proto-Austronesian pitu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian pitu →
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