Where does “mẹrụn-ụn” come from?

mẹrụn-ụn (Yoruba) comes from Proto-Nguni mú-, from Proto-Bantu mʊ̀- — 2nd person plural subject concord; Class 1 noun...

mẹrụn-ụn (Yoruba): five

Definitions

  1. five

Ancestry of “mẹrụn-ụn”, step by step

mẹrụn-ụn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Nguni mú-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Ngunimú-Class 1 object concord
2Proto-Bantumʊ̀-2nd person plural subject concord; Class 1 noun...

via Yoruba ẹ̀rụ́n

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaẹ̀rụ́n—
Every word from Proto-Bantu mʊ̀- →Every word from Proto-Nguni mú- →