Where does “iṣile” come from?

iṣile (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba ilé — home; house.

iṣile (Yoruba): house warming ceremony

Definitions

  1. house warming ceremony

Ancestry of “iṣile”, step by step

iṣile traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba ilé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubailéhome; house

via Proto-Bantu ì-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix

via Yoruba ṣí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaṣí
Every word from Yoruba ilé