Where does “Chichewa” come from?
Chichewa (English) comes from Chichewa Chicheŵa, from Chichewa chi-, from Proto-Bantu kɪ̀- — Class 7 noun prefix.
Ancestry of “Chichewa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Chichewa | Chicheŵa | — |
| 2 | Chichewa | chi- | language prefix; language |
| 3 | Proto-Bantu | kɪ̀- | Class 7 noun prefix |