Where does “anytin” come from?

anytin (Nigerian Pidgin) comes from English anything, from Middle English anything, from Old English aniþing, from Old English ǣniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *ainag — only, sole.

anytin (Nigerian Pidgin): anything

Definitions

  1. anything

Ancestry of “anytin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishanythingAny object, act, state, event, or fact whatever;...
2Middle Englishanything—
3Old Englishaniþing—
4Old Englishǣniġany
5Proto-West Germanic*ainagonly, sole
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *ainag →Every word from Old English ǣniġ →Every word from Old English aniþing →