Where does “pepe hoi” come from?

pepe hoi (Rapa Nui) comes from Rapa Nui hoi, from English HORSE, from Middle English horse, from Old English hors, from Proto-West Germanic hross, from Proto-Germanic hrussą, from Proto-Indo-European ḱers- — to run.

pepe hoi (Rapa Nui): saddle

Definitions

  1. saddle

Ancestry of “pepe hoi”, step by step

pepe hoi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Rapa Nui hoi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Rapa Nuihoihorse
2EnglishHORSEA poker variant consisting of five different...
3Middle EnglishhorseAlternative form of hors; Alternative form of...
4Old Englishhorshorse
5Proto-West Germanichrosshorse
6Proto-Germanichrussąhorse
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱers-to run

via Rapa Nui pepe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Rapa Nuipepestool
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱers-Every word from Proto-Germanic hrussąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic hross
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