Where does “akunwọsilẹ” come from?

akunwọsilẹ (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba wò, from Yoruba èwo — which; what.

akunwọsilẹ (Yoruba): overflow

Definitions

  1. overflow

Ancestry of “akunwọsilẹ”, step by step

akunwọsilẹ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba wò

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubawò—
2Yorubaèwowhich; what

via Proto-Bantu à-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantuà-Class 1 subject concord

via Yoruba kún

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubakún—
Every word from Yoruba èwo →Every word from Yoruba wò →