Where does “hap ret” come from?

hap ret (Tok Pisin) comes from Tok Pisin ret, from English Red, from English rede, from Middle English reden, from Old English rǣdan, from Proto-West Germanic rādan, from Proto-Germanic rēdaną, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ- — to fit, to fix, to put together.

hap ret (Tok Pisin): purple

Definitions

  1. purple

Ancestry of “hap ret”, step by step

hap ret traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tok Pisin ret

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinretred
2EnglishRedA Communist; A supporter of a sports team who...
3EnglishredeHelp, advice, counsel; Decision, a plan; To...
4Middle Englishredento counsel, advise; to study; to read
5Old Englishrǣdanto read, interpret; to counsel, advise; plot,...
6Proto-West Germanicrādanto advise, counsel, help; to devise, decide,...
7Proto-Germanicrēdanąto decide, advise
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₁dʰ-to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Tok Pisin hap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinhaphalf; part; place, one of a few places
2EnglishhalfConsisting of a half; Consisting of some...
3Middle Englishhalfhalf
4Old Englishhealfside; half; partly
5Proto-Germanic*halb
6Proto-Germanichalbazhalf
7Proto-Indo-European(s)kelH-to cut; to split, to separate
8Proto-Indo-European(s)kel-to bend, crook; bent, crooked; leg, heel, knee,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂er-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ-
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