Where does “Chiswahili” come from?

Chiswahili (Chichewa) comes from Swahili kiSwahili, from Arabic سَوَاحِل, from Arabic سَاحِل — coast; boundary, coast; border of the desert.

Chiswahili (Chichewa): the Swahili language

Definitions

  1. the Swahili language

Ancestry of “Chiswahili”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SwahilikiSwahiliSwahili language
2Arabicسَوَاحِلcoastal dwellers
3Arabicسَاحِلcoast; boundary, coast; border of the desert
Every word from Arabic سَاحِل →Every word from Arabic سَوَاحِل →Every word from Swahili kiSwahili →