Where does “bẹdunjẹ” come from?

bẹdunjẹ (Yoruba) comes from Finnish edun, from Finnish etu, from Finnish esi-, from Proto-Finnic eci, from Albanian *etës, from Proto-Albanian *aitatja, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.

bẹdunjẹ (Yoruba): western dwarf hornbill

Definitions

  1. western dwarf hornbill

Ancestry of “bẹdunjẹ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishedunGenitive singular form of etu; of interest
2Finnishetuadvantage; benefit, interest
3Finnishesi-pre-, fore-
4Proto-Finnicecibefore; in front
5Albanian*etës—
6Proto-Albanian*aitatja—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éytito go, to be going
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ey-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- →