Where does “isipho” come from?

isipho (Southern Ndebele) comes from Southern Ndebele isi-, from Proto-Bantu *[[kɪ́-]][[kɪ̀-]].

isipho (Southern Ndebele): gift

Definitions

  1. gift

Ancestry of “isipho”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Southern Ndebeleisi-Class 7 noun prefix
2Proto-Bantu*[[kɪ́-]][[kɪ̀-]]—
Every word from Proto-Bantu *[[kɪ́-]][[kɪ̀-]] →Every word from Southern Ndebele isi- →