Where does “aṣẹ” come from?

aṣẹ (Yoruba) comes from Proto-Bantu à- — Class 1 subject concord.

aṣẹ (Yoruba): offender

Definitions

  1. offender

Ancestry of “aṣẹ”, step by step

aṣẹ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Bantu à-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantuà-Class 1 subject concord

via Yoruba ṣẹ́

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaṣẹ́

via Yoruba ṣẹ̀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaṣẹ̀

Words derived from “aṣẹ

Every word from Proto-Bantu à-