Where does “Ogun” come from?
Ogun is an English borrowing from Yoruba Ògún, a deity in Yoruba religion whose original meaning is unknown.
Ogun (English): An orisha in the Yoruba religion, the god of war and technology
Definitions
- An orisha in the Yoruba religion, the god of war and technology
Ancestry of “Ogun”, step by step
Ogun traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Ottoman Turkish اوگون
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | اوگون | ration. portion, a quantity of meal served out |
| 2 | Turkish | odun | firewood |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *ōtïn | — |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | ōt | fire; bonfire |
via Yoruba Ògún
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoruba | Ògún | — |
via Yoruba gùn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoruba | gùn | to be long (usually along a horizontal axis) |