Where does “pullikins” come from?
pullikins (English) comes from English -kins, from English -s, from English ’s, from English Kingstown, from English town, from Middle English toun, from Middle English ende, from Old English ende — on, onto.
pullikins (English): Pliers once used to extract teeth
Definitions
- Pliers once used to extract teeth
Ancestry of “pullikins”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -kins | Forming diminutives of nouns |
| 2 | English | -s | Used to form regular plurals of nouns; Used to... |
| 3 | English | ’s | — |
| 4 | English | Kingstown | OS grid ref NY3959 |
| 5 | English | town | A settlement; an area with residential districts,... |
| 6 | Middle English | toun | town |
| 7 | Middle English | ende | The end or finishing of a thing; the terminal... |
| 8 | Old English | ende | end, limit, border, corner |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | andi | in addition, furthermore, and |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énti | opposite; near; in front |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |