Where does “haus bilong king” come from?
haus bilong king (Tok Pisin) comes from Tok Pisin bilong, from English belong, from Middle English belongen, from Middle English be-, from Old English be-, from Old English hrōpan, from Proto-West Germanic hrōpan, from Proto-Germanic hrōpaną — army.
haus bilong king (Tok Pisin): palace
Definitions
- palace
Ancestry of “haus bilong king”, step by step
haus bilong king traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Tok Pisin bilong
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tok Pisin | bilong | of, belonging to; having a tendency to, known... |
| 2 | English | belong | To have its proper place; To be part of, or the... |
| 3 | Middle English | belongen | — |
| 4 | Middle English | be- | — |
| 5 | Old English | be- | a productive prefix usually used to form verbs... |
| 6 | Old English | hrōpan | to shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl; to cry... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | hrōpan | to cry out, to call, to shout |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hrōpaną | to cry out, call, shout |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Tok Pisin king
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tok Pisin | king | king |
| 2 | English | King | radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter K |
| 3 | Middle English | king | king monarch |
| 4 | Old English | cyning | king |
| 5 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via Tok Pisin haus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tok Pisin | haus | house; building |
| 2 | English | House | A particular chamber of political representation |
| 3 | Middle English | hous | house, residence; house of worship, temple;... |
| 4 | Old English | hūs | dwelling, shelter, house; house |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hūs | house |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hūsą | house |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewH- | to cover, bedeck; cover |