Reconstruction:Proto-Yoruboid/í-gĩ

Etymology
The root can be found in several Volta-Niger languages, see 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, perhaps related to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬,

There was likely a slight semantic shift in which Proto-Edekiri and Proto-Yoruba inherited the word as meaning "tree," while Igala maintained the definition "firewood." When comparing these cognate roots across different languages, the term is both used for firewood and tree, suggesting the Proto-Yoruboid word likely also had that generalized meaning. Compare with, another root for tree or wood and the Proto-Yoruba root , which also comes from an older Niger-Congo root (but cannot be reconstructed to Proto-Yoruboid)

Noun

 * 1) tree, stick, firewood