Where does “kwacha” come from?

kwacha (Chichewa) comes from Chichewa cha, from Proto-Bantu -kéa — to dawn.

kwacha (Chichewa): kwacha currency of Malawi and Zambia

Definitions

  1. kwacha currency of Malawi and Zambia

Ancestry of “kwacha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chichewachato dawn
2Proto-Bantu-kéato dawn

Words derived from “kwacha”

Every word from Proto-Bantu -kéa →Every word from Chichewa cha →