Where does “pago-” come from?

pago- (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Celtic ago-, from Yoruba a-.

Ancestry of “pago-”, step by step

pago- traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Celtic ago-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticago-
2Yorubaa-

via Yoruba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubato kill

Words derived from “pago-

Every word from Yoruba a-Every word from Proto-Celtic ago-
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