Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruba/o-ríɣo
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This Proto-Yoruba entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Yoruba
Alternative forms
Etymology
The compounding of the suffix "ɣo" (later "wo") is possibly an Proto-Edekiri innovation still maintained in a majority of Edekiri languages. Proto-Yoruba likely inherited it but the non-suffixed form likely existed side-by-side, see Doublet of *o-rí. A contracted form also likely existed, see *o-óɣo. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Edekiri *o-ríɣo.
Descendant languages also use an e- prefix, which is likely a remnant of an old noun class system where o-/e- prefixes likely related to plurals. This noun class form did not exist in Proto-Yoruboid and thus was long obsolete in Proto-Yoruba, as it is in modern Yoruboid dialects.
Pronunciation
Noun
*o-ríɣo