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
Ancestry of “Zoeloe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | Zoeloe | Zulu; Zulu, member of the Zulu people |
| 2 | Zulu | umZulu | Zulu person |
| 3 | Zulu | uZulu | a Zulu clan name or surname |
| 4 | Zulu | u- | you, thou; second-person singular subject... |
| 5 | Zulu | ulu- | Archaic form of u- |
| 6 | Proto-Bantu | dʊ́-dʊ̀- | — |