Where does “sembilan puluh” come from?

sembilan puluh (Malay) comes from Malay puluh, from Proto-Malayic puluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq, from Proto-Austronesian puluq — ten.

sembilan puluh (Malay): ninety

Definitions

  1. ninety

Ancestry of “sembilan puluh”, step by step

sembilan puluh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay puluh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaypuluhten
2Proto-Malayicpuluhten
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuluqten
4Proto-Austronesianpuluqten

via Malay sĕmbilan

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

Words derived from “sembilan puluh”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayic puluh →