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Where does “ndege” come from?

ndege (Chichewa) comes from Swahili ndege, from Proto-Bantu ndègè.

ndege (Chichewa): airplane, aircraft

Definitions

  1. airplane, aircraft

Ancestry of “ndege”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilindegebird; aeroplane/airplane
2Proto-Bantundègè—
Every word from Proto-Bantu ndègè →