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.
Ancestry of “lapan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Javanese | alapan | — |
| 2 | Old Javanese | alap | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *alap | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *alap | — |