Where does “oron” come from?
oron (Dongxiang) comes from Proto-Mongolic oron, from Proto-Turkic orun, from Yoruba ò-.
oron (Dongxiang): place, position, area
Ancestry of “oron”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Mongolic | oron | — |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | orun | place |
| 3 | Yoruba | ò- | — |