Where does “pwuraia” come from?
pwuraia (Pohnpeian) comes from Japanese プライヤ, from English plier, from English ply, from English apply, from Middle English aplien, from Old French applier, from Latin applicō, from Latin ad- — in.
pwuraia (Pohnpeian): plier, pliers tool
Definitions
- plier, pliers tool
Ancestry of “pwuraia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | プライヤ | pliers |
| 2 | English | plier | One who plies |
| 3 | English | ply | A layer of material; A strand that, twisted... |
| 4 | English | apply | To lay or place; to put; To put to use; to use or... |
| 5 | Middle English | aplien | — |
| 6 | Old French | applier | to bend; to apply |
| 7 | Latin | applicō | to apply |
| 8 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 9 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 10 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 11 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |