Where does “kerkisma” come from?
kerkisma (Sranan Tongo) comes from Sranan Tongo sma, from Sranan Tongo suma, from English someone, from English one, from Middle English one, from Middle English onen, from Middle English -en, from Old English -en — adjectival suffix.
kerkisma (Sranan Tongo): believer
Definitions
- believer
Ancestry of “kerkisma”, step by step
kerkisma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Sranan Tongo sma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sranan Tongo | sma | person |
| 2 | Sranan Tongo | suma | who |
| 3 | English | someone | Some person; A partially specified but unnamed... |
| 4 | English | one | The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1;... |
| 5 | Middle English | one | Alternative form of on; Alternative form of hone;... |
| 6 | Middle English | onen | to unify; to join together; to gather together;... |
| 7 | Middle English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 8 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 9 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 10 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |