Where does “ajọyọ” come from?

ajọyọ (Yoruba) comes from Proto-Indo-European -yo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *iu, from Proto-Austronesian *iSu.

ajọyọ (Yoruba): celebration

Definitions

  1. celebration

Ancestry of “ajọyọ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European-yo
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*iu
3Proto-Austronesian*iSu
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *iSu