Where does “pepa bilong klinim han” come from?

pepa bilong klinim han (Tok Pisin) comes from Tok Pisin pepa, from English paper, from Middle English paper, from Old French papier, from Old Catalan paper, from Latin papȳrus, from French -ine, from French -é.

pepa bilong klinim han (Tok Pisin): sanitizing wipe

Definitions

  1. sanitizing wipe

Ancestry of “pepa bilong klinim han”, step by step

pepa bilong klinim han traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Tok Pisin pepa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinpepapepper; paper; document
2EnglishpaperA sheet material used for writing on or printing...
3Middle Englishpaperpaper; A text, message or note; something that is...
4Old Frenchpapierto murmur
5Old Catalanpaperpaper sheet material typically used for writing on or printing
6Latinpapȳruspapyrus plant
7French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
8Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
9Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
10Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
11Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
12Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
13Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via Tok Pisin bilong

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinbilongof, belonging to; having a tendency to, known...
2EnglishbelongTo have its proper place; To be part of, or the...
3Middle Englishbelongen
4Middle Englishbe-
5Old Englishbe-a productive prefix usually used to form verbs...
6Old Englishhrōpanto shout, proclaim; cry out, scream, howl; to cry...
7Proto-West Germanichrōpanto cry out, to call, to shout
8Proto-Germanichrōpanąto cry out, call, shout
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
11Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

via Tok Pisin han

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinhanhand; arm; foreleg
2EnglishHandThe part of the forelimb below the forearm or wrist in a human, and the corresponding part in many other animals
3Middle Englishhondhand; Alternative form of hound
4Old EnglishhandA hand
5Proto-West Germanichanduhand
6SwedishhandA hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player
7Old SwedishhandA hand; A direction; A behalf
8Old Norsehǫndhand
9Proto-Germanichanduzhand
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂