Where does “akọgbe” come from?

akọgbe (Gun) comes from Proto-Slavic -ako, from Finnish -kö — Turns a clause interrogative. It is appended to the element of the clause that is questioned most. English equivalents include the normal ways of forming an interrogative statement without using an interrogative pronoun, such as the verb "do", inversion of the word order and intonation.

akọgbe (Gun): dialect

Definitions

  1. dialect

Ancestry of “akọgbe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-ako
2Finnish-köTurns a clause interrogative. It is appended to the element of the clause that is questioned most. English equivalents include the normal ways of forming an interrogative statement without using an interrogative pronoun, such as the verb "do", inversion of the word order and intonation
Every word from Finnish -kö