Where does “Ogunoye” come from?

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

Ogunoye (Yoruba): from the given name

Definitions

  1. from the given name

Ancestry of “Ogunoye”, step by step

Ogunoye traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba oyè

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaoyè—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
3Chichewaiyehe, she

via Yoruba Ògún

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1YorubaÒgún—
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yé- →Every word from Yoruba oyè →