Where does “Moqebelo” come from?

Moqebelo (Sotho) comes from Xhosa uMgqibelo, from Xhosa gqibela, from Xhosa -ela, from Proto-Bantu -ɪda — Suffix for forming the applicative form of verbs.

Moqebelo (Sotho): Saturday

Definitions

  1. Saturday

Ancestry of “Moqebelo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1XhosauMgqibeloSaturday
2Xhosagqibelato finish off, to conclude
3Xhosa-elaForms applicative verbs, meaning to do something...
4Proto-Bantu-ɪdaSuffix for forming the applicative form of verbs
Every word from Proto-Bantu -ɪda →Every word from Xhosa -ela →Every word from Xhosa gqibela →