Where does “shehe” come from?

shehe (Chichewa) comes from Swahili shehe, from Arabic شَيْخ, from Arabic شَاخَ — to age, grow old; to age, to grow old; to grow...

shehe (Chichewa): sheik

Definitions

  1. sheik

Ancestry of “shehe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilishehesheik; king
2Arabicشَيْخsheikh; an elder in charge; elder
3Arabicشَاخَto age, grow old; to age, to grow old; to grow...
Every word from Arabic شَاخَ →Every word from Arabic شَيْخ →Every word from Swahili shehe →