Where does “sepuluh lima” come from?

sepuluh lima (Malay) comes from Malay lima, from Proto-Malayic lima(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lima, from Proto-Austronesian lima — five; hand.

sepuluh lima (Malay): fifteen

Definitions

  1. fifteen

Ancestry of “sepuluh lima”, step by step

sepuluh lima traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay lima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylimafive
2Proto-Malayiclima(ʔ)five
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlimafive; hand
4Proto-Austronesianlimafive; hand

via Malay sepuluh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysepuluhten
2Proto-MalayicsA-puluh—
3Proto-Oceanic*sa-puluq—
4Austronesian*sa-puluq—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian lima →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian lima →Every word from Proto-Malayic lima(ʔ) →