Where does “seratus empat” come from?

seratus empat (Malay) comes from Malay empat, from Proto-Malayic əmpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.

seratus empat (Malay): one hundred and four

Definitions

  1. one hundred and four

Ancestry of “seratus empat”, step by step

seratus empat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay empat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayempatfour
2Proto-Malayicəmpatfour
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
4Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour

via Malay seratus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayseratusone hundred
2Proto-MalayicsA-ratus—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiansa-ʀatus—
4Proto-Austronesiansa-ʀaCus—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səpat →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat →Every word from Proto-Malayic əmpat →