Where does “ikasampu” come from?

ikasampu (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog ika-, from Proto-Philippine *ika-.

ikasampu (Tagalog): tenth

Definitions

  1. tenth

Ancestry of “ikasampu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogika-Used to form ordinal numbers; Used to form verbs...
2Proto-Philippine*ika-—
Every word from Proto-Philippine *ika- →Every word from Tagalog ika- →
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