Where does “nara” come from?

nara (Tok Pisin) comes from English another, from Middle English anoþer, from Middle English oþer, from Old English ōþer, from Proto-West Germanic *anþar, from Proto-Germanic anþeraz, from Proto-Indo-European ánteros — other.

nara (Tok Pisin): another

Definitions

  1. another

Ancestry of “nara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishanotherOne more/further, in addition to a former number;...
2Middle EnglishanoþerAlternative spelling of another
3Middle Englishoþerother
4Old Englishōþerother, second
5Proto-West Germanic*anþarsecond
6Proto-Germanicanþerazsecond; other
7Proto-Indo-Europeanánterosother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ánteros →Every word from Proto-Germanic anþeraz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *anþar →
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