Where does “agbawo” come from?

agbawo (Yoruba) comes from Proto-Japonic awo, from Spanish ahora, from Swedish å-, from Swedish å, from Swedish och, from Old Swedish ock, from Old Norse ok, from Old Norse svá — self (reflexive pronoun).

agbawo (Yoruba): waiter; waitress

Definitions

  1. waiter; waitress

Ancestry of “agbawo”, step by step

agbawo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Japonic awo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Japonicawoblue, green
2Spanishahoranow
3Swedishå-on
4Swedishåa river, a creek, a big stream; on
5Swedishochand; used to connect two homogeneous words or...
6Old Swedishock
7Old Norseokand; also, too; yoke
8Old Norsesváso
9Proto-Germanicswaso, thus, in this manner
10Proto-Germanicswēlike, similar to; just like, in the same manner...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanswēself (reflexive pronoun)

via Yoruba gbé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubagbé
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swēEvery word from Proto-Germanic swēEvery word from Proto-Germanic swa