[1] Senegalese linquist, author, and professor of linguistic at the Cheikh Anta Diop University, Professor Souleymane Faye notes that, the Serer term "foɗeen", which means "milk from the mother's breast", contains the radical "ɗeen", an altered form of "teen" which means "the breast".

[3][2] The Wolof folk etymology that Teigne mean "support placed on the head" or any article to be placed on the head, is based on patriarchy and somewhat recent, and does not tally with the historical mood of succession in Baol before the Faal family came on the throne—who changed the mood of succession from matrlineality to patrilineality.

This is the root of the Serer term ƭeen yaayor den yaay which means maternal inheritance or matrilineage.

After his death, he was succeeded by his maternal nephew Amary Ngone Sobel Fall, a member of the Faal royal family of Cayor and Baol but Wagadou as well.

In 1549, the then-Prince of Cayor Amary Ngone Sobel Fall, assisted by his cousin Prince Manguinak Joof of Baol, launched a rebellion against the Emperor in order to attain independence for their countries.

Amary Ngoneh made his cousin Manguinak Jaraaf Baol (equivalent of Prime Minister), and became the first Damel-Teigne, ruler of both states.

'”[18] The late Serer Diva Yandé Codou Sène pays homage to the Joof family, originally of Baol, by singing the praises of Teigne Yoro Joof in her 1995 track Teñ Yooro Waal Adaam Fañiing Feno Juufeen, from the album Gainde - Voices From the Heart of Africa with Youssou Ndour.