Where does “ẹyẹ-ọba” come from?

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

ẹyẹ-ọba (Yoruba): Yellow-crowned gonolek

Definitions

  1. Yellow-crowned gonolek

Ancestry of “ẹyẹ-ọba”, step by step

ẹyẹ-ọba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba ẹyẹ

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

via Yoruba ọba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaọbaking
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