Where does “tujuh puluh tiga” come from?

tujuh puluh tiga (Malay) comes from Malay tigă, from Old Malay *tiga, from Prakrit 𑀢𑀺𑀕, from Sanskrit त्रिक — triple.

tujuh puluh tiga (Malay): seventy-three

Definitions

  1. seventy-three

Ancestry of “tujuh puluh tiga”, step by step

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

via Malay tigă

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalaytigăObsolete spelling of tiga
2Old Malay*tiga—
3Prakrit𑀢𑀺𑀕—
4Sanskritत्रिकtriple

via Malay tujuh puluh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaytujuh puluhseventy
2Proto-Malayictujuh puluh—
Every word from Sanskrit त्रिक →Every word from Prakrit 𑀢𑀺𑀕 →Every word from Old Malay *tiga →