Where does “mũgate” come from?

mũgate (Kikuyu) comes from Swahili mkate, from Swahili m-, from Arabic سَوَاحِل, from Arabic سَاحِل — coast; boundary, coast; border of the desert.

mũgate (Kikuyu): bread

Definitions

  1. bread

Ancestry of “mũgate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilimkatebread; loaf
2Swahilim-The prefix for noun class 1 denoting humans; The...
3Arabicسَوَاحِلcoastal dwellers
4Arabicسَاحِلcoast; boundary, coast; border of the desert
Every word from Arabic سَاحِل →Every word from Swahili m- →Every word from Arabic سَوَاحِل →