Where does “àlàyé” come from?

àlàyé (Yoruba) comes from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

Ancestry of “àlàyé”, step by step

àlàyé traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European yé-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
2Chichewaiyehe, she

via Proto-Bantu à-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantuà-Class 1 subject concord

Words derived from “àlàyé”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yé- →