Where does “isithandwa” come from?

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

isithandwa (Southern Ndebele): lover

Definitions

  1. lover

Ancestry of “isithandwa”, 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- →