Where does “Ogun” come from?
Ogun is an English borrowing from Yoruba Ògún, a deity in Yoruba religion whose original meaning is unknown.
Ancestry of “Ogun”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |