Where does “sembilan puluh empat” come from?

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

sembilan puluh empat (Malay): ninety-four

Definitions

  1. ninety-four

Ancestry of “sembilan puluh empat”, step by step

sembilan puluh empat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay sembilan puluh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysembilan puluhninety
2Malaypuluhten
3Proto-Malayicpuluhten
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuluqten
5Proto-Austronesianpuluqten

via Malay empat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayempatfour
2Proto-Malayicəmpatfour
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
4Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour
Every word from Proto-Austronesian puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayic puluh →