Where does “ọmiba” come from?

ọmiba (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba ibà, from Proto-Bantu ì- — Class 5 noun prefix.

ọmiba (Yoruba): paternal half sibling

Definitions

  1. paternal half sibling

Ancestry of “ọmiba”, step by step

ọmiba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba ibà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaibàfever
2Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix

via Yoruba ọmọ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaọmọchild
Every word from Proto-Bantu ì- →Every word from Yoruba ibà →