Where does “kwela” come from?

kwela (English) comes from Zulu khwela, from Proto-Bantu *-kóɪda.

kwela (English): A style of music, first played in the townships,...

Definitions

  1. A style of music, first played in the townships,...

Ancestry of “kwela”, step by step

kwela traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Zulu khwela

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zulukhwelato ascend, to climb; to mount, to get onto, to...
2Proto-Bantu*-kóɪda—

via Proto-Zapotecan *kw-ella

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Zapotecan*kw-ellafish

Words derived from “kwela”

Every word from Proto-Bantu *-kóɪda →Every word from Zulu khwela →