Where does “tujuh puluh sembilan” come from?

tujuh puluh sembilan (Malay) comes from Indonesian sembilan, from Malay sĕmbilan, from Proto-Malayic əsa(ʔ) ambil-an — nine.

tujuh puluh sembilan (Malay): seventy-nine

Definitions

  1. seventy-nine

Ancestry of “tujuh puluh sembilan”, step by step

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

via Indonesian sembilan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiansembilannine
2MalaysĕmbilanObsolete spelling of sembilan
3Proto-Malayicəsa(ʔ) ambil-annine

via Indonesian tujuh puluh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantujuh puluhseventy
2Malaytujuh puluhseventy
3Proto-Malayictujuh puluh—
Every word from Proto-Malayic əsa(ʔ) ambil-an →Every word from Malay sĕmbilan →Every word from Indonesian sembilan →