Where does “sepuluh enam” come from?

sepuluh enam (Malay) comes from Malay enam, from Proto-Malayic ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian ənəm, from Proto-Austroasiatic *ənəm.

sepuluh enam (Malay): sixteen

Definitions

  1. sixteen

Ancestry of “sepuluh enam”, step by step

sepuluh enam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay enam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayenamsix
2Proto-Malayicənəmsix
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianənəmsix
4Proto-Austronesianənəmsix
5Proto-Austroasiatic*ənəm—

via Malay sepuluh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysepuluhten
2Proto-MalayicsA-puluh—
3Proto-Oceanic*sa-puluq—
4Austronesian*sa-puluq—
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *ənəm →Every word from Proto-Austronesian ənəm →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ənəm →