Where does “kiliti” come from?
kiliti (Tagalog) comes from English kilikiti, from English cricket, from Middle English creket, from Old French crequet, from Old French criquer, from Middle Dutch kricken, from Old Dutch krakōn, from Proto-Indo-European gerg- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
kiliti (Tagalog): tickle
Definitions
- tickle
Ancestry of “kiliti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | kilikiti | A variant of cricket, originating in Samoa and... |
| 2 | English | cricket | An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially... |
| 3 | Middle English | creket | — |
| 4 | Old French | crequet | — |
| 5 | Old French | criquer | to creak |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | kricken | to creak; crack |
| 7 | Old Dutch | krakōn | to crack, creak, emit a cry |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gerg- | to shout; tracery, basket, twist; wicker, bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |