Where does “sembilan puluh tujuh” come from?

sembilan puluh tujuh (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 tujuh (Malay): ninety-seven

Definitions

  1. ninety-seven

Ancestry of “sembilan puluh tujuh”, step by step

sembilan puluh tujuh 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 tujuh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytujuhseven
2Proto-Malayictujuhseven
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantuzuqto indicate, point
4Proto-Austronesiantuzuqto point at
Every word from Proto-Austronesian puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayic puluh →