Where does “Nicobarese” come from?

Nicobarese (English) comes from English ese, from Mexican Spanish ese, from Latin ipse, from Proto-Italic *e(s)peso — himself, herself, itself.

Nicobarese (English): Belonging or relating to an isolated group of Austroasiatic languages spoken in the Nicobar Islands of India

Definitions

  1. Belonging or relating to an isolated group of Austroasiatic languages spoken in the Nicobar Islands of India

Ancestry of “Nicobarese”, step by step

Nicobarese traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English ese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishesedude, man
2Mexican SpanisheseThe name of the Latin-script letter S; that;...
3Latinipsehimself, herself, itself, the very, the actual;...
4Proto-Italic*e(s)pesohimself, herself, itself

via English Nicobar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNicobarOf or relating to the Nicobar Islands
2Tamilநக்கவரம்Nicobar; a place in India
3Tamil-அம்nominalizing suffix typically forms neuter nouns
4Old Tamil-𑀅𑀫𑁆—
Every word from Proto-Italic *e(s)peso →Every word from Latin ipse →Every word from Mexican Spanish ese →
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