Where does “ụmọlẹ” come from?

ụmọlẹ (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba mọ̀ — to know.

ụmọlẹ (Yoruba): primordial or ancestral deity; local earth spirit, traditionally associated by the Ekiti people with hills and rivers

Definitions

  1. primordial or ancestral deity; local earth spirit, traditionally associated by the Ekiti people with hills and rivers

Ancestry of “ụmọlẹ”, step by step

ụmọlẹ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba mọ̀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubamọ̀to know

via Yoruba alẹ̀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaalẹ̀
Every word from Yoruba mọ̀