Where does “Ajaṣẹ” come from?

Ajaṣẹ (Yoruba) comes from Proto-Bantu à- — Class 1 subject concord.

Ajaṣẹ (Yoruba): a name for several towns in Yorubaland. The towns are often suffixed by a unique identifying term as a way of differentiating them

Definitions

  1. a name for several towns in Yorubaland. The towns are often suffixed by a unique identifying term as a way of differentiating them

Ancestry of “Ajaṣẹ”, step by step

Ajaṣẹ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Bantu à-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantuà-Class 1 subject concord

via Yoruba ṣẹ́

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaṣẹ́
Every word from Proto-Bantu à-