Where does “eti” come from?

eti (Tok Pisin) comes from English eighty, from Middle English eightety, from Old English hundeahtatiġ, from Proto-Germanic ahtōutēhundą — eighty.

eti (Tok Pisin): eighty

Definitions

  1. eighty

Ancestry of “eti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisheightyThe cardinal number occurring after seventy-nine...
2Middle Englisheightetyeighty
3Old Englishhundeahtatiġeighty
4Proto-Germanicahtōutēhundąeighty
Every word from Proto-Germanic ahtōutēhundą →Every word from Old English hundeahtatiġ →Every word from Middle English eightety →