Where does “paitim” come from?
paitim (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.
paitim (Tok Pisin): fight; hit; knock, clap, strum, play the drums
Definitions
- fight; hit; knock, clap, strum, play the drums
Ancestry of “paitim”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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; to struggle , fight; to shear |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | peḱ- | to pluck; livestock; wealth |