Where does “pait” come from?
pait (Tok Pisin) comes from English fight, from Middle English fighten, from Old English feohtan, from Proto-West Germanic fehtan, from Proto-Germanic fehtaną, from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- — to pluck; livestock; wealth.
pait (Tok Pisin): bitter; sharp, spicy; fight, battle, war
Definitions
- bitter; sharp, spicy; fight, battle, war
Ancestry of “pait”, step by step
pait traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English fight
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | fight | To contend in physical conflict, either singly or... |
| 2 | Middle English | fighten | Simple past faght and past participle foghten... |
| 3 | Old English | feohtan | to fight |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | fehtan | to fight |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fehtaną | to comb, detangle |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | peḱ- | to pluck; livestock; wealth |