Where does “Ọbaala” come from?

Ọbaala (Yoruba) comes from Proto-Nguni lá-, from Yoruba ẹ̀-.

Ọbaala (Yoruba): A senior chieftaincy title in the royal council of many Eaatern Yoruba kingdoms

Definitions

  1. A senior chieftaincy title in the royal council of many Eaatern Yoruba kingdoms

Ancestry of “Ọbaala”, step by step

Ọbaala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Nguni lá-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Ngunilá-Class 5 possessive concord
2Yorubaẹ̀-—

via Yoruba ọba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaọbaking
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