Where does “Adeyẹmi” come from?

Adeyẹmi (Yoruba) comes from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

Adeyẹmi (Yoruba): from the given name

Definitions

  1. from the given name

Ancestry of “Adeyẹmi”, step by step

Adeyẹmi traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European yé-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
2Chichewaiyehe, she

via Yoruba adé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaadécrown
2Yorubaa-—

via Yoruba mí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubamíme first-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a high-tone monosyllabic verb
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yé- →