Where does “bọsikọrọ” come from?

bọsikọrọ (Yoruba) comes from Proto-Nguni sí-, from Proto-Germanic sin-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

bọsikọrọ (Yoruba): bend-down select; Okrika; secondhand thrifted clothes, often inexpensive and sold in roadside markets

Definitions

  1. bend-down select; Okrika; secondhand thrifted clothes, often inexpensive and sold in roadside markets

Ancestry of “bọsikọrọ”, step by step

bọsikọrọ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Nguni sí-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Ngunisí-First-person plural object concord; Class 7...
2Proto-Germanicsin-ever, eternal, perpetual
3Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

via Yoruba bọ̀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubabọ̀to return, to come here, to arrive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sin- →Every word from Proto-Nguni sí- →