Where does “tujuh belas” come from?

tujuh belas (Malay) comes from Malay tujuh, from Proto-Malayic tujuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuzuq, from Proto-Austronesian tuzuq — to point at.

tujuh belas (Malay): seventeen

Definitions

  1. seventeen

Ancestry of “tujuh belas”, step by step

tujuh belas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay tujuh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytujuhseven
2Proto-Malayictujuhseven
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantuzuqto indicate, point
4Proto-Austronesiantuzuqto point at

via Malay belas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaybelas-teen; clemency, pity
2Javanesewelas—

Words derived from “tujuh belas”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian tuzuq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuzuq →Every word from Proto-Malayic tujuh →