Where does “sembilan likur” come from?

sembilan likur (Malay) comes from Malay sĕmbilan, from Proto-Malayic əsa(ʔ) ambil-an — nine.

sembilan likur (Malay): twenty-nine

Definitions

  1. twenty-nine

Ancestry of “sembilan likur”, step by step

sembilan likur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay sĕmbilan

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

via Malay likur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylikur-tween
Every word from Proto-Malayic əsa(ʔ) ambil-an →Every word from Malay sĕmbilan →