Where does “setengah dozen” come from?
setengah dozen (Malay) comes from Malay setengah, from Malay se, from Malay ĕsă, from Proto-Malayic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.
setengah dozen (Malay): half a dozen
Definitions
- half a dozen
Ancestry of “setengah dozen”, step by step
setengah dozen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Malay setengah
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | setengah | a half |
| 2 | Malay | se | one |
| 3 | Malay | ĕsă | Obsolete spelling of esa |
| 4 | Proto-Malayic | əsa | — |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Chamic | əsa | — |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan | əsa | — |
| 7 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | əsa | one |
| 8 | Proto-Austronesian | *əsa | — |
| 9 | Proto-Oceanic | *isa | — |
via Malay dozen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | dozen | — |