Where does “salapan baleh” come from?

salapan baleh (Minangkabau) comes from Malay lapan belas, from Malay lapan, from Malay dĕlapan, from Proto-Malayic dua(ʔ) alap-an — eight.

salapan baleh (Minangkabau): eighteen

Definitions

  1. eighteen

Ancestry of “salapan baleh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaylapan belaseighteen; Nonstandard form of delapan belas
2Malaylapaneight; Nonstandard spelling of delapan
3MalaydĕlapanObsolete spelling of delapan
4Proto-Malayicdua(ʔ) alap-aneight
Every word from Proto-Malayic dua(ʔ) alap-an →Every word from Malay dĕlapan →Every word from Malay lapan →