Where does “ẹdun arinlẹ” come from?
ẹdun arinlẹ (Yoruba) comes from Finnish edun, from Finnish etu, from Finnish esi-, from Proto-Finnic eci, from Albanian *etës, from Proto-Albanian *aitatja, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.
ẹdun arinlẹ (Yoruba): a bankrupt person; specifically a rich person who has lost all of their fortune
Definitions
- a bankrupt person; specifically a rich person who has lost all of their fortune
Ancestry of “ẹdun arinlẹ”, step by step
ẹdun arinlẹ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish edun
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | edun | Genitive singular form of etu; of interest |
| 2 | Finnish | etu | advantage; benefit, interest |
| 3 | Finnish | esi- | pre-, fore- |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | eci | before; in front |
| 5 | Albanian | *etës | — |
| 6 | Proto-Albanian | *aitatja | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
via Yoruba ilé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoruba | ilé | home; house |