Where does “tripela ten tu” come from?

tripela ten tu (Tok Pisin) comes from Tok Pisin tu, from English two, from Middle English two, from Old English twā, from Old English twēġen, from Proto-West Germanic twai-, from Proto-Germanic twai, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.

tripela ten tu (Tok Pisin): thirty-two

Definitions

  1. thirty-two

Ancestry of “tripela ten tu”, step by step

tripela ten tu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tok Pisin tu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisintutwo; too; also; as well
2EnglishtwoA numerical value equal to 2; this many dots;...
3Middle Englishtwotwo
4Old Englishtwātwo
5Old Englishtwēġentwo; twain
6Proto-West Germanictwai-two
7Proto-Germanictwaitwo
8Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two

via Tok Pisin tripela ten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisintripela ten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁