Where does “seratus sembilan puluh” come from?
seratus sembilan puluh (Malay) comes from Malay sembilan puluh, from Malay puluh, from Proto-Malayic puluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq, from Proto-Austronesian puluq — ten.
seratus sembilan puluh (Malay): one hundred and ninety
Ancestry of “seratus sembilan puluh”, step by step