Where does “tiga puluh” come from?
tiga puluh (Malay) comes from Indonesian tiga, from Malay tigă, from Old Malay *tiga, from Prakrit 𑀢𑀺𑀕, from Sanskrit त्रिक — triple.
tiga puluh (Malay): thirty
Ancestry of “tiga puluh”, step by step
tiga puluh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Indonesian tiga
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | tiga | three |
| 2 | Malay | tigă | Obsolete spelling of tiga |
| 3 | Old Malay | *tiga | — |
| 4 | Prakrit | 𑀢𑀺𑀕 | — |
| 5 | Sanskrit | त्रिक | triple |
via Indonesian puluh
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | puluh | ten |
| 2 | Malay | puluh | ten |
| 3 | Proto-Malayic | puluh | ten |
| 4 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | puluq | ten |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | puluq | ten |
Words derived from “tiga puluh”