Where does “ọrọ-iṣe ẹlẹla” come from?

ọrọ-iṣe ẹlẹla (Yoruba) comes from Proto-Indo-European ela-.

ọrọ-iṣe ẹlẹla (Yoruba): A splitting verb; bisyllabic verbs that obligatorily split around a direct object or pronouns

Definitions

  1. A splitting verb; bisyllabic verbs that obligatorily split around a direct object or pronouns

Ancestry of “ọrọ-iṣe ẹlẹla”, step by step

ọrọ-iṣe ẹlẹla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European ela-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanela-—

via Yoruba ọ̀rọ̀-ìṣe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaọ̀rọ̀-ìṣeverb
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ela- →