Where does “Ọṣun” come from?

Ọṣun (Yoruba) comes from Proto-Mongolic -sun — Noun-forming suffix.

Ọṣun (Yoruba): Oshun, an orisha in Yoruba religion, she is regarded as the Yoruba deity of fertility, freshwater, love, beauty, motherhood, healing, and jewelry, and is the spirit of the Osun river

Definitions

  1. Oshun, an orisha in Yoruba religion, she is regarded as the Yoruba deity of fertility, freshwater, love, beauty, motherhood, healing, and jewelry, and is the spirit of the Osun river

Ancestry of “Ọṣun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mongolic-sunNoun-forming suffix
Every word from Proto-Mongolic -sun