Where does “ẹda oye-ọrọ” come from?
ẹda oye-ọrọ (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba oyè, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
ẹda oye-ọrọ (Yoruba): a paraphrase
Definitions
- a paraphrase
Ancestry of “ẹda oye-ọrọ”, step by step
ẹda oye-ọrọ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yoruba ẹ̀dà
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoruba | ẹ̀dà | a small species of bush rat; in particular Natal multimammate mouse |