Where does “iṣana” come from?

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

iṣana (Yoruba): match

Definitions

  1. match

Ancestry of “iṣana”, step by step

iṣana traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Bantu ì-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix

via Yoruba ṣáná

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaṣáná
Every word from Proto-Bantu ì-