Where does “tujuh puluh empat” come from?

tujuh puluh empat (Malay) comes from Malay empat, from Proto-Malayic əmpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.

tujuh puluh empat (Malay): seventy-four

Definitions

  1. seventy-four

Ancestry of “tujuh puluh empat”, step by step

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

via Malay empat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayempatfour
2Proto-Malayicəmpatfour
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
4Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour

via Malay tujuh puluh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytujuh puluhseventy
2Proto-Malayictujuh puluh—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səpat →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat →Every word from Proto-Malayic əmpat →