Where does “ei” come from?

ei (Papiamentu) comes from Portuguese eis, from Arabic هَا — behold, look!; oh.

ei (Papiamentu): there

Definitions

  1. there

Ancestry of “ei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseeishere is, here are
2Arabicهَاbehold, look!; oh
Every word from Arabic هَا →Every word from Portuguese eis →