Where does “itanna” come from?

itanna (Yoruba) comes from Vietnamese tàn, from Chinese 秦.

itanna (Yoruba): light, a lighting device

Definitions

  1. light, a lighting device

Ancestry of “itanna”, step by step

itanna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese tàn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesetànashes; remains; residue; to fade; to wither; to...
2Chinese秦—

via Yoruba iná

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaináfire, light
2Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix
Every word from Chinese 秦 →
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