Where does “lapan” come from?

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

lapan (Old Javanese): something taken

Definitions

  1. something taken

Ancestry of “lapan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “lapan”

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