Where does “Chicheŵa” come from?
Chicheŵa (Chichewa) comes from Chichewa chi-, from Proto-Bantu kɪ̀- — Class 7 noun prefix.
Ancestry of “Chicheŵa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Chichewa | chi- | language prefix; language |
| 2 | Proto-Bantu | kɪ̀- | Class 7 noun prefix |
Words derived from “Chicheŵa”