Where does “sembilan” come from?

sembilan (Semai) comes from Malay sĕmbilan, from Proto-Malayic əsa(ʔ) ambil-an — nine.

sembilan (Semai): nine

Definitions

  1. nine

Ancestry of “sembilan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MalaysĕmbilanObsolete spelling of sembilan
2Proto-Malayicəsa(ʔ) ambil-annine
Every word from Proto-Malayic əsa(ʔ) ambil-an →Every word from Malay sĕmbilan →