Where does “haus kaikai” come from?

haus kaikai (Tok Pisin) comes from Tok Pisin haus, from English House, from Middle English hous, from Old English hūs, from Proto-West Germanic hūs, from Proto-Germanic hūsą, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH- — to cover, bedeck; cover.

haus kaikai (Tok Pisin): restaurant

Definitions

  1. restaurant

Ancestry of “haus kaikai”, step by step

haus kaikai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tok Pisin haus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinhaushouse; building
2EnglishHouseA particular chamber of political representation
3Middle Englishhoushouse, residence; house of worship, temple;...
4Old Englishhūsdwelling, shelter, house; house
5Proto-West Germanichūshouse
6Proto-Germanichūsąhouse
7Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover

via Tok Pisin kaikai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinkaikaifood; eat
2Tok Pisinkaito eat; food
3Proto-Polynesiankaifood
4Proto-Oceanickanito eat consume
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesiankaənto eat
6Proto-Austronesiankaənto eat

Words derived from “haus kaikai

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewH-Every word from Proto-Germanic hūsąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic hūs