Where does “ogunna” come from?

ogunna (Yoruba) comes from Yoruba iná, from Proto-Bantu ì- — Class 5 noun prefix.

ogunna (Yoruba): ember, hot charcoal

Definitions

  1. ember, hot charcoal

Ancestry of “ogunna”, step by step

ogunna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yoruba iná

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yorubaináfire, light
2Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix

via Yoruba Ògún

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1YorubaÒgún
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