Where does “əmpat” come from?

əmpat (Proto-Malayic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat, from Proto-Austronesian Səpat — four.

əmpat (Proto-Malayic): four

Definitions

  1. four

Ancestry of “əmpat”, step by step

əmpat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianəpatfour
2Proto-AustronesianSəpatfour

via Proto-Austronesian *əpat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Austronesian*əpat—

Words derived from “əmpat”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian Səpat →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian əpat →