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
Ancestry of “tujuh belas”, step by step
| 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 |