Where does “Fuaawidie” come from?
Fuaawidie (Antigua and Barbuda Creole English) comes from Antigua and Barbuda Creole English fuaawi, 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 — I.
Fuaawidie (Antigua and Barbuda Creole English): The Antiguan and Barbudan diaspora
Definitions
- The Antiguan and Barbudan diaspora
Ancestry of “Fuaawidie”, step by step
Fuaawidie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Antigua and Barbuda Creole English fuaawi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda Creole English | fuaawi | our |
| 2 | Antigua and Barbuda Creole English | aawi | we |
| 3 | English | we | The speakers/writers, or the speaker/writer and... |
| 4 | Middle English | we | First-person plural pronoun: we; First-person... |
| 5 | Old English | wē | we |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | wiʀ | we |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | wīz | we |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wéy | we |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |
via Antigua and Barbuda Creole English die
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda Creole English | die | — |