Where does “tujuah” come from?

tujuah (Minangkabau) comes from Proto-Malayic tujuh, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuzuq, from Proto-Austronesian tuzuq — to point at.

tujuah (Minangkabau): seven

Definitions

  1. seven

Ancestry of “tujuah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayictujuhseven
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantuzuqto indicate, point
3Proto-Austronesiantuzuqto point at
Every word from Proto-Austronesian tuzuq →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuzuq →Every word from Proto-Malayic tujuh →