Where does “əpat” come from?

əpat (Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian) comes from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.

Ancestry of “əpat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
3Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səpat →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian əpat →