Where does “limo puluah salapan” come from?
limo puluah salapan (Minangkabau) comes from Minangkabau salapan, from Old Javanese lapan, from Old Javanese alapan, from Old Javanese alap, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alap, from Proto-Austronesian *alap.
limo puluah salapan (Minangkabau): fifty-eight
Definitions
- fifty-eight
Ancestry of “limo puluah salapan”, step by step
limo puluah salapan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Minangkabau salapan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minangkabau | salapan | eight |
| 2 | Old Javanese | lapan | something taken |
| 3 | Old Javanese | alapan | something taken |
| 4 | Old Javanese | alap | to take |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *alap | — |
| 6 | Proto-Austronesian | *alap | — |
via Minangkabau limo puluah
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minangkabau | limo puluah | fifty |
| 2 | Proto-Malayic | lima(ʔ) puluh | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | lima puluq | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | lima puluq | — |