Where does “babaláwo” come from?

babaláwo (Yoruba) comes from Proto-Japonic awo, from Spanish ahora, from Swedish å-, from Swedish å, from Swedish och, from Old Swedish ock, from Old Norse ok, from Old Norse svá — self (reflexive pronoun).

babaláwo (Yoruba): babalawo

Definitions

  1. babalawo

Ancestry of “babaláwo”, step by step

babaláwo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Japonic awo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Japonicawoblue, green
2Spanishahoranow
3Swedishå-on
4Swedishåa river, a creek, a big stream; on
5Swedishochand; used to connect two homogeneous words or...
6Old Swedishock
7Old Norseokand; also, too; yoke
8Old Norsesváso
9Proto-Germanicswaso, thus, in this manner
10Proto-Germanicswēlike, similar to; just like, in the same manner...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanswēself (reflexive pronoun)

via Yoruba bàbà

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubabàbàfather, dad
2EnglishbarberA person whose profession is cutting customers'...
3Middle Englishbarbour
4Anglo-Normanbarbourbarber
5Old Frenchbarbeor
6Old Frenchbarbebeard
7Latinbarbabeard; wool, down on a plant; Alternative form of...
8Latinfarba
9Proto-Italicfarβābeard
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰardʰéh₂beard

Words derived from “babaláwo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swē