Where does “eeku” come from?

eeku (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba èkúkú, from Lamboya kiku, from Proto-Austronesian *kikuʀ.

eeku (Yoruba): earth, dust, dirt

Definitions

  1. earth, dust, dirt

Ancestry of “eeku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaèkúkú—
2Lamboyakiku—
3Proto-Austronesian*kikuʀ—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *kikuʀ →Every word from Lamboya kiku →Every word from Yoruba èkúkú →