Where does “chanku” come from?

chanku (Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec) comes from Spanish Changó, from Yoruba Ṣàngó, from Nupe Sòkó.

chanku (Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec): Geoffroy's spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)

Definitions

  1. Geoffroy's spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)

Ancestry of “chanku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishChangóShango
2YorubaṢàngóShango, he is also believed to have been the fourth Aláàfin of Ọ̀yọ́, and the husband of Ọ̀ṣun, Ọya, and Ọbà
3NupeSòkó—
Every word from Nupe Sòkó →Every word from Yoruba Ṣàngó →Every word from Spanish Changó →