Where does “hanwara” come from?
hanwara (Tok Pisin) comes from Tok Pisin han, from English Hand, from Middle English hond, from Old English hand, from Proto-West Germanic handu, from Swedish hand, from Old Swedish hand, from Old Norse hǫnd — hand.
hanwara (Tok Pisin): tributary of a river; side stream
Definitions
- tributary of a river; side stream
Ancestry of “hanwara”, step by step
hanwara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tok Pisin han
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tok Pisin | han | hand; arm; foreleg |
| 2 | English | Hand | The part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals |
| 3 | Middle English | hond | hand; Alternative form of hound |
| 4 | Old English | hand | A hand |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | handu | hand |
| 6 | Swedish | hand | A hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player |
| 7 | Old Swedish | hand | A hand; A direction; A behalf |
| 8 | Old Norse | hǫnd | hand |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | handuz | hand |
via Tok Pisin wara
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tok Pisin | wara | water; river, stream; flow of water |
| 2 | English | water | A substance found at room temperature and... |
| 3 | Middle English | water | water; water vapour, condensation; lake, pond,... |
| 4 | Old English | wæter | water |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | watar | water |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | watōr | water |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wódr̥ | water |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wed- | water |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |