Where does “igbiwo” come from?

igbiwo (Yoruba) comes from Polish -owo, from Slovincian -ôwy, from Proto-Slavic -ovъ — of, belonging to.

igbiwo (Yoruba): two-hundred cowries; one halfpenny in colonial usage; in modern usage, half a kobo

Definitions

  1. two-hundred cowries; one halfpenny in colonial usage; in modern usage, half a kobo

Ancestry of “igbiwo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-owoforms toponyms or nouns denoting places
2Slovincian-ôwyforms adjectives, usually relational in nature
3Proto-Slavic-ovъof, belonging to
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovъ →Every word from Polish -owo →Every word from Slovincian -ôwy →
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