Where does “ẹyẹ akoko” come from?

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

ẹyẹ akoko (Yoruba): woodpecker, specifically the African grey woodpecker

Definitions

  1. woodpecker, specifically the African grey woodpecker

Ancestry of “ẹyẹ akoko”, step by step

ẹyẹ akoko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba ẹyẹ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaẹyẹbird
2Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
3Chichewaiyehe, she

via Proto-Bantu à-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantuà-Class 1 subject concord
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yé- →Every word from Yoruba ẹyẹ →