Where does “pitumpu't walo” come from?

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

pitumpu't walo (Tagalog): seventy-eight

Definitions

  1. seventy-eight

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

pitumpu'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 pitumpu

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