Where does “Sunkanmi” come from?

Sunkanmi (Yoruba) comes from Chinese kàn.

Sunkanmi (Yoruba): usually a shortened form of a name such as Fásúnkànmí or Ọlásúnkànmí

Definitions

  1. usually a shortened form of a name such as Fásúnkànmí or Ọlásúnkànmí

Ancestry of “Sunkanmi”, step by step

Sunkanmi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese kàn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinesekàn—

via Yoruba mí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubamíme first-person singular non-honorific object pronoun following a high-tone monosyllabic verb
Every word from Chinese kàn →