Where does “orule” come from?

orule (Yoruba) comes from Old English -ru, from Proto-Germanic -izō — er.

orule (Yoruba): roof (of a house)

Definitions

  1. roof (of a house)

Ancestry of “orule”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English-ruUsed to form the nominative/accusative plural of z-stem nouns
2Proto-Germanic-izōer
Every word from Proto-Germanic -izō →Every word from Old English -ru →
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