Where does “Aawilaan” come from?
Aawilaan (Antigua and Barbuda Creole English) comes from Antigua and Barbuda Creole English aawi, from English we, from Middle English we, from Old English wē, from Proto-West Germanic wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic wīz, from Proto-Indo-European wéy, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
Ancestry of “Aawilaan”, step by step
Aawilaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Antigua and Barbuda Creole English aawi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda Creole English | aawi | we |
| 2 | English | we | The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and... |
| 3 | Middle English | we | First-person plural pronoun: we; First-person... |
| 4 | Old English | wē | we |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | wiʀ | we |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wīz | we |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wéy | we |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |
via Antigua and Barbuda Creole English laan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda Creole English | laan | land |