Where does “sik mun” come from?
sik mun (Tok Pisin) comes from Tok Pisin sik, from English sick, from English sic, from English seek, from Middle English seke, from Old English sēċan, from Proto-West Germanic sōkijan, from Proto-Germanic sōkijaną — to seek out.
sik mun (Tok Pisin): menstruation
Definitions
- menstruation
Ancestry of “sik mun”, step by step
sik mun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tok Pisin sik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tok Pisin | sik | illness, disease; sick, ill |
| 2 | English | sick | In poor health; ill; Having an urge to vomit;... |
| 3 | English | sic | Thus; thus written; To mark with a bracketed sic;... |
| 4 | English | seek | To try to find; to look for; to search for; To... |
| 5 | Middle English | seke | Alternative form of seken |
| 6 | Old English | sēċan | to seek or inquire about |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | sōkijan | to seek, to look for |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | sōkijaną | to seek, look for |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂gyeti | to give a sign |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | seh₂g- | to seek out |
via Tok Pisin mun
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tok Pisin | mun | moon; month |
| 2 | English | Moon | The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾ |
| 3 | Middle English | Mone | A lamentation; a sorrowful moan or expression |
| 4 | Old English | mān | bad, criminal, false; shameful act; crime;... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | महादेव | the "great God" |
| 6 | Sanskrit | महा | combining form of महत्; buffalo; great, large,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | maźʰā́ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | maȷ́ʰā́ | big, great |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |