Where does “Kinyanja” come from?

Kinyanja (Swahili) comes from Chichewa Chinyanja, from Chichewa chi-, from Proto-Bantu kɪ̀- — Class 7 noun prefix.

Kinyanja (Swahili): Chichewa/Chinyanja

Definitions

  1. Chichewa/Chinyanja

Ancestry of “Kinyanja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ChichewaChinyanjaChichewa, or a macrolanguage of which it is a...
2Chichewachi-language prefix; language
3Proto-Bantukɪ̀-Class 7 noun prefix
Every word from Proto-Bantu kɪ̀- →Every word from Chichewa chi- →Every word from Chichewa Chinyanja →