Where does “maunten paia” come from?
maunten paia (Tok Pisin) comes from Tok Pisin maunten, from English Mountain, from Middle English mountayne, from Anglo-Norman montaigne, from Latin montānia, from Latin montem, from Latin mons, from Proto-Indo-European monti.
maunten paia (Tok Pisin): volcano
Definitions
- volcano
Ancestry of “maunten paia”, step by step
maunten paia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tok Pisin maunten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tok Pisin | maunten | mountain |
| 2 | English | Mountain | a steam locomotive of the 4-8-2 wheel arrangement |
| 3 | Middle English | mountayne | A mountain; a mount or peak; A lump or pile |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | montaigne | — |
| 5 | Latin | montānia | mountainous area |
| 6 | Latin | montem | accusative singular of mōns; mountain |
| 7 | Latin | mons | mountain, mount; towering mass, heap, great... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | monti | — |
| 9 | Portuguese | Monte | mount; a mountain or large hill |
| 10 | Old Portuguese | monte | — |
via Tok Pisin paia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tok Pisin | paia | fire; flame; anger; lightning |
| 2 | English | fire | A chemical reaction involving the bonding of... |
| 3 | Middle English | fier | Alternative form of figer |
| 4 | Old English | fȳr | fire |
| 5 | Old English | feor | Alternative form of feorr; far |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | ferrai | far, distant |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per-nóy | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |