Where does “amaZulu” come from?

amaZulu (English) comes from Zulu umZulu, from Zulu uZulu, from Zulu u-, from Zulu ulu-, from Proto-Bantu dʊ́-dʊ̀-.

Ancestry of “amaZulu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ZuluumZuluZulu person
2ZuluuZulua Zulu clan name or surname
3Zuluu-you, thou; second-person singular subject...
4Zuluulu-Archaic form of u-
5Proto-Bantudʊ́-dʊ̀-—
Every word from Proto-Bantu dʊ́-dʊ̀- →Every word from Zulu u- →Every word from Zulu uZulu →