Where does “tujuh likur” come from?

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

tujuh likur (Malay): twenty-seven

Definitions

  1. twenty-seven

Ancestry of “tujuh likur”, step by step

tujuh likur 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 likur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylikur-tween
Every word from Proto-Austronesian tuzuq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuzuq →Every word from Proto-Malayic tujuh →