Where does “tiga puluh tujuh” come from?

tiga puluh tujuh (Malay) comes from Malay tiga puluh, from Indonesian tiga, from Malay tigă, from Old Malay *tiga, from Prakrit 𑀢𑀺𑀕, from Sanskrit त्रिक — triple.

tiga puluh tujuh (Malay): thirty-seven

Definitions

thirty-seven

Ancestry of “tiga puluh tujuh”, step by step

tiga puluh tujuh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay tiga puluh

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Malay	tiga puluh	thirty
2	Indonesian	tiga	three
3	Malay	tigă	Obsolete spelling of tiga
4	Old Malay	*tiga	—
5	Prakrit	𑀢𑀺𑀕	—
6	Sanskrit	त्रिक	triple

via Malay tujuh

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Malay	tujuh	seven
2	Proto-Malayic	tujuh	seven
3	Proto-Malayo-Polynesian	tuzuq	to indicate, point
4	Proto-Austronesian	tuzuq	to point at

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