Where does “kawonpas” come from?

kawonpas (Mokilese) comes from Mokilese wonpas, from Proto-Indo-European won-, from Proto-Indo-European wā- — to move , to move so as to bend, turn; to bend,...

kawonpas (Mokilese): ordinal form of dohpas; sixth

Definitions

  1. ordinal form of dohpas; sixth

Ancestry of “kawonpas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mokilesewonpasthe numeral six, used to count long objects
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwon-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwā-to move , to move so as to bend, turn; to bend,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wā- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European won- →Every word from Mokilese wonpas →