Where does “sikispela ten seven” come from?

sikispela ten seven (Tok Pisin) comes from Tok Pisin seven, from English seven, from Middle English seven, from Old English seofon, from Proto-West Germanic sebun, from Proto-Germanic sebun, from Proto-Germanic sebunt, from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥ — seven.

sikispela ten seven (Tok Pisin): sixty-seven

Definitions

  1. sixty-seven

Ancestry of “sikispela ten seven”, step by step

sikispela ten seven traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tok Pisin seven

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinsevenseven
2EnglishsevenA numerical value equal to 7; the number...
3Middle Englishsevenseven; Alternative form of sweven
4Old Englishseofonseven
5Proto-West Germanicsebunseven
6Proto-Germanicsebunseven
7Proto-Germanicsebunt
8Proto-Indo-Europeanseptḿ̥seven

via Tok Pisin sikispela ten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinsikispela ten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European septḿ̥