Where does “Oluwafunkẹ” come from?
Oluwafunkẹ (Yoruba) comes from Proto-Germanic fun-, from Proto-Indo-European pen- — bog, mire; moist; wet; mud; swamp; water; mire,...
Ancestry of “Oluwafunkẹ”, step by step
Oluwafunkẹ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-Germanic fun-
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | fun- | Stem meaning moisture, mould, mildew |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | pen- | bog, mire; moist; wet; mud; swamp; water; mire,... |
via Yoruba mí
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yoruba | mí | me first-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a high-tone monosyllabic verb |