Where does “ndoto” come from?

ndoto (Lingala) comes from Swahili ndoto, from Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀dóótà — dream.

ndoto (Lingala): dream

Definitions

  1. dream

Ancestry of “ndoto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilindotodream
2Proto-Bantu*kɪ̀dóótàdream
Every word from Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀dóótàEvery word from Swahili ndoto