Where does “kudya” come from?

kudya (Shona) comes from Proto-Bantu *kʊ̀dɪ́a.

Ancestry of “kudya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantu*kʊ̀dɪ́a
Every word from Proto-Bantu *kʊ̀dɪ́a