Where does “sik long tingting” come from?

sik long tingting (Tok Pisin) comes from Tok Pisin long, from English along, from Old English andlang, from Old English and-, from Proto-West Germanic anda-, from Proto-Germanic anda-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂énti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂énts — on, onto.

sik long tingting (Tok Pisin): intellectual disability

Definitions

  1. intellectual disability

Ancestry of “sik long tingting”, step by step

sik long tingting traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Tok Pisin long

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok PisinlongUsed to mark spatial direct objects that...
2EnglishalongBy the length of; in a line with the length of;...
3Old Englishandlangthroughout, all along; along
4Old Englishand-against, opposing; in return, back; facing,...
5Proto-West Germanicanda-against, opposing; in return, back; facing,...
6Proto-Germanicanda-against, opposing; un-, de-
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntiopposite; near; in front
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntsforehead; front
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Tok Pisin sik

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinsikillness, disease; sick, ill
2EnglishsickIn poor health; ill; Having an urge to vomit;...
3EnglishsicThus; thus written; To mark with a bracketed sic;...
4EnglishseekTo try to find; to look for; to search for; To...
5Middle EnglishsekeAlternative form of seken
6Old Englishsēċanto seek or inquire about
7Proto-West Germanicsōkijanto seek, to look for
8Proto-Germanicsōkijanąto seek, look for
9Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂gyetito give a sign
10Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂g-to seek out

via Tok Pisin tingting

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisintingtingthink
2EnglishthinkTo ponder, to go over in one's head; To...
3Middle EnglishthinkenTo think, ponder; to deduce, figure out; to...
4Old Englishþyncanto seem
5Proto-Germanicþunkijanąto seem, to appear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂énts