Where does “ples bilong kamapim pikinini” come from?

ples bilong kamapim pikinini (Tok Pisin) comes from Tok Pisin bilong, from English belong, from Middle English belongen, from Middle English be-, from Old English be-, from Old English hrōpan, from Proto-West Germanic hrōpan, from Proto-Germanic hrōpaną — army.

ples bilong kamapim pikinini (Tok Pisin): uterus

Definitions

  1. uterus

Ancestry of “ples bilong kamapim pikinini”, step by step

ples bilong kamapim pikinini traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

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 ples

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinplesplace; village; town; region
2EnglishplaceAn area; somewhere within an area; A location or...
3Middle EnglishplaceA place, area or spot; a part of the Earth or universe
4Old Frenchplaceplace; location
5Latinplatēabroad way, street
6Ancient Greekπλατεῖαfeminine nominative singular of πλατύς; feminine...
7Ancient Greekπλατύςwide, broad; flat, level; broad-shouldered
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpléth₂usflat, broad
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat

via Tok Pisin pikinini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinpikininichild
2EnglishpickaninnyA black child; Little, small
3PortuguesepequeninoDiminutive of pequeno; wee; boy, child; tiny
4Portuguesepequenosmall; child
5Old Portuguesepequeno
6Vulgar Latinpitinnussmall
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker-