Where does “jikankurun” come from?

jikankurun (Bambara) comes from Bambara kurun, from Proto-Western Mande *kúreN.

jikankurun (Bambara): canoe, boat

Definitions

  1. canoe, boat

Ancestry of “jikankurun”, step by step

jikankurun traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Bambara kurun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bambarakurunstool
2Proto-Western Mande*kúreN—

via Bambara ji

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bambarajiwater

via Bambara [[kàn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bambara[[kàn—
Every word from Proto-Western Mande *kúreN →Every word from Bambara kurun →