Where does “iṣẹ” come from?

iṣẹ (Yoruba) comes from Proto-Bantu ì- — Class 5 noun prefix.

iṣẹ (Yoruba): work

Definitions

  1. work

Ancestry of “iṣẹ”, step by step

iṣẹ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Bantu ì-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix

via Yoruba ṣẹ́

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaṣẹ́

via Yoruba ṣẹ̀

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaṣẹ̀
Every word from Proto-Bantu ì-