Where does “bikpela bagarap” come from?
bikpela bagarap (Tok Pisin) comes from Tok Pisin Bikpela, from English big, from Middle English big, from Middle English biggen, from Old Norse byggja, from Proto-Germanic būwijaną, from Proto-Germanic būaną, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuH- — to become, grow, appear.
bikpela bagarap (Tok Pisin): atrocity, calamity, disaster
Definitions
- atrocity, calamity, disaster
Ancestry of “bikpela bagarap”, step by step
bikpela bagarap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tok Pisin Bikpela
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tok Pisin | Bikpela | Lord; the Lord; LORD |
| 2 | English | big | Of great size, large; Thought to have undue... |
| 3 | Middle English | big | — |
| 4 | Middle English | biggen | build; dwell |
| 5 | Old Norse | byggja | to settle, build; to inhabit, dwell, live; to let... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | būwijaną | to settle, to inhabit |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | būaną | to dwell, reside |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuH- | to become, grow, appear |