Where does “salapan” come from?

salapan (Minangkabau) comes from Old Javanese lapan, from Old Javanese alapan, from Old Javanese alap, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alap, from Proto-Austronesian *alap.

salapan (Minangkabau): eight

Definitions

  1. eight

Ancestry of “salapan”, step by step

salapan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Javanese lapan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Javaneselapansomething taken
2Old Javanesealapansomething taken
3Old Javanesealapto take
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*alap—
5Proto-Austronesian*alap—

via Proto-Malayic *əsa(ʔ) alap-an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*əsa(ʔ) alap-an—

Words derived from “salapan”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *alap →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *alap →Every word from Old Javanese alap →