Where does “npogotigi” come from?

npogotigi (Bambara) comes from Old Norse -tigi, from Proto-Germanic tigiwiz, from Proto-Germanic *teguz.

npogotigi (Bambara): young girl, virgin

Definitions

  1. young girl, virgin

Ancestry of “npogotigi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norse-tigi-ty indicating multiples of ten
2Proto-Germanictigiwiznominative/vocative plural of *teguz
3Proto-Germanic*teguz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *teguz →Every word from Proto-Germanic tigiwiz →Every word from Old Norse -tigi →
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