Where does “Ologun” come from?

Ologun (English) comes from English Ogun, from Ottoman Turkish اوگون, from Turkish odun, from Proto-Turkic *ōtïn, from Proto-Turkic ōt — fire; bonfire.

Ologun (English): A member of the social class of warrior chiefs in...

Definitions

  1. A member of the social class of warrior chiefs in...

Ancestry of “Ologun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishOgunAn orisha in the Yoruba religion, the god of war and technology
2Ottoman Turkishاوگونration. portion, a quantity of meal served out
3Turkishodunfirewood
4Proto-Turkic*ōtïn—
5Proto-Turkicōtfire; bonfire

Words derived from “Ologun”

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