Where does “nhlanzi” come from?

nhlanzi (Fanagalo) comes from Zulu inhlanzi, from Zulu in-, from Proto-Bantu *[[jɪ̀-]][[ǹ-]].

nhlanzi (Fanagalo): fish

Definitions

  1. fish

Ancestry of “nhlanzi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zuluinhlanzifish
2Zuluin-Class 9 noun prefix
3Proto-Bantu*[[jɪ̀-]][[ǹ-]]—
Every word from Proto-Bantu *[[jɪ̀-]][[ǹ-]] →Every word from Zulu in- →Every word from Zulu inhlanzi →