Where does “ei” come from?
ei (Papiamentu) comes from Portuguese eis, from Arabic هَا — behold, look!; oh.
ei (Papiamentu): there
Ancestry of “ei”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | eis | here is, here are |
| 2 | Arabic | هَا | behold, look!; oh |