Where does “Ifẹ” come from?

Ifẹ (Yoruba) comes from Proto-Bantu ì- — Class 5 noun prefix.

Ifẹ (Yoruba): Ife Kingdom

Definitions

  1. Ife Kingdom

Ancestry of “Ifẹ”, step by step

Ifẹ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Bantu ì-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix

via Yoruba fẹ́

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubafẹ́to want, to desire
Every word from Proto-Bantu ì-
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