Where does “khetha” come from?

khetha (Southern Ndebele) comes from Basque -keta, from Kapampangan ka, from Kapampangan ika, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian i-kahu, from Proto-Austronesian i-kaSu.

khetha (Southern Ndebele): to choose

Definitions

  1. to choose

Ancestry of “khetha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Basque-ketaactivity
2Kapampangankayou (second person singular)
3Kapampanganikayou exclusive singular
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiani-kahu—
5Proto-Austronesiani-kaSu—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian i-kaSu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian i-kahu →Every word from Kapampangan ika →
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