Where does “Zoeloe” come from?

Zoeloe (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch Zoeloe, from Zulu umZulu, from Zulu uZulu, from Zulu u-, from Zulu ulu-, from Proto-Bantu dʊ́-dʊ̀-.

Zoeloe (Afrikaans): Zulu

Definitions

  1. Zulu

Ancestry of “Zoeloe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchZoeloeZulu; Zulu, member of the Zulu people
2ZuluumZuluZulu person
3ZuluuZulua Zulu clan name or surname
4Zuluu-you, thou; second-person singular subject...
5Zuluulu-Archaic form of u-
6Proto-Bantudʊ́-dʊ̀-—
Every word from Proto-Bantu dʊ́-dʊ̀- →Every word from Zulu u- →Every word from Zulu uZulu →