Where does “ionam” come from?

ionam (Irish) comes from Portuguese inhame, from Fula nyami — to eat.

ionam (Irish): yam; first-person singular of i: in me

Definitions

  1. yam; first-person singular of i: in me

Ancestry of “ionam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseinhameyam
2Fulanyamito eat
Every word from Fula nyami →Every word from Portuguese inhame →
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