Where does “sembilan belas” come from?

sembilan belas (Malay) comes from Malay belas, from Javanese welas.

sembilan belas (Malay): nineteen

Definitions

  1. nineteen

Ancestry of “sembilan belas”, step by step

sembilan belas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay belas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybelas-teen; clemency, pity
2Javanesewelas—

via Malay sĕmbilan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalaysĕmbilanObsolete spelling of sembilan
2Proto-Malayicəsa(ʔ) ambil-annine

Words derived from “sembilan belas”

Every word from Javanese welas →Every word from Malay belas →