Where does “ọjogun” come from?

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

ọjogun (Itsekiri): soldier

Definitions

  1. soldier

Ancestry of “ọjogun”, 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
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