Where does “sembilan puluh lima” come from?

sembilan puluh lima (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 lima (Malay): ninety-five

Definitions

  1. ninety-five

Ancestry of “sembilan puluh lima”, step by step

sembilan puluh lima 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 lima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylimafive
2Proto-Malayiclima(ʔ)five
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlimafive; hand
4Proto-Austronesianlimafive; hand
Every word from Proto-Austronesian puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayic puluh →