Where does “bagarap long bodi” come from?

bagarap long bodi (Tok Pisin) comes from Tok Pisin long, from English along, from Old English andlang, from Old English and-, from Proto-West Germanic anda-, from Proto-Germanic anda-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂énti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂énts — on, onto.

bagarap long bodi (Tok Pisin): disability

Definitions

  1. disability

Ancestry of “bagarap long bodi”, step by step

bagarap long bodi traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Tok Pisin long

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok PisinlongUsed to mark spatial direct objects that...
2EnglishalongBy the length of; in a line with the length of;...
3Old Englishandlangthroughout, all along; along
4Old Englishand-against, opposing; in return, back; facing,...
5Proto-West Germanicanda-against, opposing; in return, back; facing,...
6Proto-Germanicanda-against, opposing; un-, de-
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntiopposite; near; in front
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntsforehead; front
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Tok Pisin bodi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinbodibody
2EnglishBodyCorpus Christi College, Cambridge
3Middle Englishbodemessenger
4Old Englishbodamessenger, envoy, herald, apostle, angel; prophet
5Proto-Germanicbudômessenger
6Proto-Germanicbeudanąto offer, to bid
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware

via Tok Pisin bagarap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinbagarapbroken down; broken; wrecked; messed up; tired or...
2Englishbugger upTo break or spoil something, or make it...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-