Where does “sepuluh sembilan” come from?

sepuluh sembilan (Malay) comes from Malay sepuluh, from Proto-Malayic sA-puluh, from Proto-Oceanic *sa-puluq, from Austronesian *sa-puluq.

sepuluh sembilan (Malay): nineteen

Definitions

  1. nineteen

Ancestry of “sepuluh sembilan”, step by step

sepuluh sembilan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay sepuluh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaysepuluhten
2Proto-MalayicsA-puluh—
3Proto-Oceanic*sa-puluq—
4Austronesian*sa-puluq—

via Malay sĕmbilan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalaysĕmbilanObsolete spelling of sembilan
2Proto-Malayicəsa(ʔ) ambil-annine
Every word from Austronesian *sa-puluq →Every word from Proto-Oceanic *sa-puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayic sA-puluh →