Where does “alantakun” come from?

alantakun (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba a, from Yoruba gùn — to be long (usually along a horizontal axis).

alantakun (Yoruba): spider

Definitions

  1. spider

Ancestry of “alantakun”, step by step

alantakun traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaawe
2Yorubagùnto be long (usually along a horizontal axis)

via Proto-Bantu ǹ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantuǹ-Class 9 noun prefix; Class 10 noun prefix; 1st...

via Yoruba ta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubatato sell something
Every word from Yoruba gùn →