Where does “olgeta” come from?
olgeta (Bislama) comes from Bislama ol, from English all, from Middle English all, from Old English eall, from Proto-West Germanic all, from Proto-Germanic allaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él-.
olgeta (Bislama): "third person multiple plural pronoun": they all
Definitions
- "third person multiple plural pronoun": they all
Ancestry of “olgeta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Bislama | ol | — |
| 2 | English | all | Every individual or anything of the given class,... |
| 3 | Middle English | all | all; all, every |
| 4 | Old English | eall | all; whole, entire; everything |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | all | all |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | allaz | all |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | — |