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Where does “Kaaba” come from?

Kaaba comes from Arabic كَعْبَة, a word of unknown origin referring to the sacred cube-shaped shrine in Mecca.

Ancestry of “Kaaba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Ngunikú-Second-person singular object concord; Class 15...
2Proto-Bantukʊ̀-2nd person singular object concord; Class 15 noun...
Every word from Proto-Bantu kʊ̀- →