Where does “kijiti” come from?

kijiti (Swahili) comes from Swahili kiji-, from Swahili ki-, from Proto-Bantu kɪ́- — Class 7 pronominal concord; Class 7 subject...

kijiti (Swahili): stick, twig

Definitions

  1. stick, twig

Ancestry of “kijiti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilikiji-
2Swahiliki-The prefix for noun class 7 denoting artefacts
3Proto-Bantukɪ́-Class 7 pronominal concord; Class 7 subject...
Every word from Proto-Bantu kɪ́-Every word from Swahili ki-Every word from Swahili kiji-