Where does “limampu't walo” come from?

limampu't walo (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog walo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian walu, from Proto-Austronesian walu — eight.

limampu't walo (Tagalog): fifty-eight

Definitions

  1. fifty-eight

Ancestry of “limampu't walo”, step by step

limampu't walo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog walo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogwaloeight
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwalueight
3Proto-Austronesianwalueight

via Tagalog 't

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalog't—

via Tagalog limampu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglimampufifty
Every word from Proto-Austronesian walu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian walu →Every word from Tagalog walo →