Where does “nugusa” come from?

nugusa (Sidamo) comes from Amharic ንጉሥ, from Ge'ez ንጉሥ, from Ge'ez ነግሠ — to rule, reign.

nugusa (Sidamo): king

Definitions

  1. king

Ancestry of “nugusa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Amharicንጉሥking
2Ge'ezንጉሥking
3Ge'ezነግሠto rule, reign
Every word from Ge'ez ነግሠ →Every word from Ge'ez ንጉሥ →Every word from Amharic ንጉሥ →