Where does “iwe iroyin” come from?

iwe iroyin (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba ìròyìn, from Proto-Bantu -ì — Forms agent nouns from verbs.

iwe iroyin (Yoruba): newspaper

Definitions

  1. newspaper

Ancestry of “iwe iroyin”, step by step

iwe iroyin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba ìròyìn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaìròyìnnews, news report, storytelling
2Proto-Bantu-ìForms agent nouns from verbs

via Yoruba ìwé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaìwé—
Every word from Proto-Bantu -ì →Every word from Yoruba ìròyìn →