Where does “Bakratongo” come from?
Bakratongo (Sranan Tongo) comes from Sranan Tongo -tongo, from Sranan Tongo tongo, from English tongue, from Middle English tung, from Old English tung, from Proto-West Germanic tungā, from Proto-Germanic tungǭ, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.
Bakratongo (Sranan Tongo): The Dutch language
Definitions
- The Dutch language
Ancestry of “Bakratongo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sranan Tongo | -tongo | ese, -an, -ian forms language names |
| 2 | Sranan Tongo | tongo | language, tongue |
| 3 | English | tongue | The flexible muscular organ in the mouth that is... |
| 4 | Middle English | tung | tongue; A tongue-shaped thing; language, speech,... |
| 5 | Old English | tung | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tungā | tongue; speech, language |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tungǭ | tongue; speech, language |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s | tongue |