Where does “Yorùbáland” come from?

Yorùbáland (English) comes from English Land, from Middle English land, from Old English hland, from Proto-Germanic hlandą, from Proto-Indo-European klān- — liquid, wet ground.

Yorùbáland (English): The homeland of the Yoruba people in the countries of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo in West Africa

Definitions

  1. The homeland of the Yoruba people in the countries of Nigeria, Benin, and Togo in West Africa

Ancestry of “Yorùbáland”, step by step

Yorùbáland traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Land

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLandThe part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water
2Middle EnglishlandAlternative form of lond; urine
3Old Englishhlandurine
4Proto-Germanichlandąurine
5Proto-Indo-Europeanklān-liquid, wet ground

via English yorùbá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishyorùbáA member of an ethnic group or tribe living mainly in southwest Nigeria, southern Benin, and eastern Togo and, as well as in communities elsewhere in West Africa, United States, Brazil and Cuba
2YorubaYorùbáYoruba
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klān-Every word from Proto-Germanic hlandąEvery word from Old English hland