Where does “pahpwki” come from?

pahpwki (Mokilese) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian paH-, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.

pahpwki (Mokilese): four hundred

Definitions

  1. four hundred

Ancestry of “pahpwki”, step by step

pahpwki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-Iranian paH-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-IranianpaH-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂-to protect; to shepherd

via Mokilese pwki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mokilesepwkione hundred
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian paH- →