Where does “Ogbeyẹku” come from?

Ogbeyẹku (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba Ogbè, from Yoruba ò-.

Ogbeyẹku (Yoruba): The seventeenth sign of the Ifa divination system, it is the first and most important, of the signs of the ọmọ odù; the 240 minor signs

Definitions

  1. The seventeenth sign of the Ifa divination system, it is the first and most important, of the signs of the ọmọ odù; the 240 minor signs

Ancestry of “Ogbeyẹku”, step by step

Ogbeyẹku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba Ogbè

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1YorubaOgbè—
2Yorubaò-—

via Yoruba Ọ̀yẹ̀kú

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1YorubaỌ̀yẹ̀kúThe second principal sign of the Ifa divination system
Every word from Yoruba ò- →Every word from Yoruba Ogbè →