Where does “wanpilai” come from?
wanpilai (Tok Pisin) comes from Tok Pisin wan, from English One, from Middle English on, from Old English on, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.
wanpilai (Tok Pisin): person playing the same game or sport, playmate
Definitions
- person playing the same game or sport, playmate
Ancestry of “wanpilai”, step by step
wanpilai traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tok Pisin wan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tok Pisin | wan | The number one; One. Used with units of... |
| 2 | English | One | The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number |
| 3 | Middle English | on | on, in; on; Alternative form of oon |
| 4 | Old English | on | on, in, at, among; from |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via Tok Pisin pilai
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tok Pisin | pilai | to play |
| 2 | English | play | To act in a manner such that one has fun; to... |
| 3 | Middle English | pleye | Happiness, mirth, jolliness, or gaiety; Fun,... |
| 4 | Old English | pleġa | exercise |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | plegō | care; an exercise; a game |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -ō | Creates adverbs from adjectives; Creates agent... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ô | -ly; Forms agent nouns, often from the zero-grade... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |