Where does “puluah” come from?

puluah (Minangkabau) comes from Proto-Malayic puluh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq, from Proto-Austronesian puluq — ten.

puluah (Minangkabau): ten

Definitions

  1. ten

Ancestry of “puluah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayicpuluhten
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianpuluqten
3Proto-Austronesianpuluqten

Words derived from “puluah”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian puluq →Every word from Proto-Malayic puluh →