Etymograph

English

Oyda

Oyda comes from Oyda Oyda.

  1. OydamodernOyda
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. OydamodernOyda
  2. Englishtodaysame form

The story

According to oral tradition, the name is a cognate of the Oyda noun oyda (‘seat; chair’), used metaphorically to represent the "comfort" and "hospitality" the region offered to various settling clans.

Today it means

name An Omotic language of the North Omotic branch, spoken by the Oyda people in the South Ethiopia Regional State.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Oyda Oyda / Oyda