Where does “tatlumpu't walo” come from?

tatlumpu't walo (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog tatlumpu, from Tagalog pu, from Tagalog puo, from German Puwo, from German Pudel, from German Pudelhund, from German hund, from Middle High German hunt — dog.

tatlumpu't walo (Tagalog): thirty-eight

Definitions

  1. thirty-eight

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

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

via Tagalog tatlumpu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogtatlumputhirty
2Tagalogputen
3Tagalogpuo
4GermanPuwoan experimental hybrid of poodle and wolf
5GermanPudelpoodle
6GermanPudelhundpoodle
7Germanhunddog, hound
8Middle High Germanhuntdog (Canis familiaris)
9Old High Germanhuntdog
10Proto-West Germanichunddog
11Proto-Germanichundazdog
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós
13Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

via Tagalog walo

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

via Tagalog 't

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalog't
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ