Where does “ol” come from?

ol (Tok Pisin) comes from English all, from Middle English all, from Old English eall, from Proto-West Germanic all, from Proto-Germanic allaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- — to grow, nourish.

ol (Tok Pisin): The third-person plural pronoun (Tok Pisin does not inflect pronouns for cases): they, them

Definitions

  1. The third-person plural pronoun (Tok Pisin does not inflect pronouns for cases): they, them

Ancestry of “ol”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishallEvery individual or anything of the given class,...
2Middle Englishallall; all, every
3Old Englisheallall; whole, entire; everything
4Proto-West Germanicallall
5Proto-Germanicallazall
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-to grow, nourish

Words derived from “ol”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- →Every word from Proto-Germanic allaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic all →