Where does “tujuh puluh lapan” come from?

tujuh puluh lapan (Malay) comes from Malay lapan, from Malay dĕlapan, from Proto-Malayic dua(ʔ) alap-an — eight.

tujuh puluh lapan (Malay): seventy-eight

Definitions

  1. seventy-eight

Ancestry of “tujuh puluh lapan”, step by step

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

via Malay lapan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylapaneight; Nonstandard spelling of delapan
2MalaydĕlapanObsolete spelling of delapan
3Proto-Malayicdua(ʔ) alap-aneight

via Malay tujuh puluh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytujuh puluhseventy
2Proto-Malayictujuh puluh—
Every word from Proto-Malayic dua(ʔ) alap-an →Every word from Malay dĕlapan →Every word from Malay lapan →