Where does “tiangelo” come from?

tiangelo (Chichewa) comes from Chichewa ti-, from Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀-.

Ancestry of “tiangelo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chichewati-1st person plural subject concord, we
2Proto-Bantu*tʊ̀-—
Every word from Proto-Bantu *tʊ̀- →Every word from Chichewa ti- →