Where does “KwaZulu-Natal” come from?
KwaZulu-Natal (English) comes from English Natal, from Portuguese natal, from Old Portuguese natal, from Latin nātālis, from Latin nātus, from Latin gnātus, from Proto-Italic gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁tós — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
Ancestry of “KwaZulu-Natal”, step by step
KwaZulu-Natal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Natal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Natal | Natal, region in South Africa |
| 2 | Portuguese | natal | natal; native |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | natal | — |
| 4 | Latin | nātālis | natal (of one's birth) |
| 5 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 6 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via English KwaZulu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | KwaZulu | A former bantustan in South Africa, intended by the apartheid government to be a homeland for the Zulu people |
| 2 | Zulu | KwaZulu | Zululand |
| 3 | Zulu | uZulu | a Zulu clan name or surname |
| 4 | Zulu | u- | you, thou; second-person singular subject... |
| 5 | Zulu | ulu- | Archaic form of u- |
| 6 | Proto-Bantu | dʊ́-dʊ̀- | — |