Where does “tujuh puluh enam” come from?

tujuh puluh enam (Malay) comes from Malay enam, from Proto-Malayic ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian ənəm, from Proto-Austroasiatic *ənəm.

tujuh puluh enam (Malay): seventy-six

Definitions

  1. seventy-six

Ancestry of “tujuh puluh enam”, step by step

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

via Malay enam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayenamsix
2Proto-Malayicənəmsix
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianənəmsix
4Proto-Austronesianənəmsix
5Proto-Austroasiatic*ənəm

via Malay tujuh puluh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytujuh puluhseventy
2Proto-Malayictujuh puluh
Every word from Proto-Austroasiatic *ənəmEvery word from Proto-Austronesian ənəmEvery word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ənəm