Where does “ntatë” come from?

ntatë (Phuthi) comes from Sotho ntate, from Proto-Bantu *tààtá — (my) father.

ntatë (Phuthi): father

Definitions

  1. father

Ancestry of “ntatë”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sothontatefather
2Proto-Bantu*tààtá(my) father
Every word from Proto-Bantu *tààtá →Every word from Sotho ntate →
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