Where does “satu puluh tujuh” come from?

satu puluh tujuh (Malay) comes from Malay satu puluh, 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.

satu puluh tujuh (Malay): seventeen

Definitions

  1. seventeen

Ancestry of “satu puluh tujuh”, step by step

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

via Malay satu puluh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysatu puluhten
2Malaysatuone
3Proto-MalayicsA-one
4Proto-Malayicəsa—
5Proto-Malayo-Chamicəsa—
6Proto-Malayo-Sumbawanəsa—
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəsaone
8Proto-Austronesian*əsa—
9Proto-Oceanic*isa—

via Malay tujuh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytujuhseven
2Proto-Malayictujuhseven
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantuzuqto indicate, point
4Proto-Austronesiantuzuqto point at
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *isa →Every word from Proto-Austronesian *əsa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa →