Where does “upandaji miti” come from?

upandaji miti (Swahili) comes from Swahili upandaji, from Swahili -aji, from Swahili -i, from Proto-Bantu -ì — Forms agent nouns from verbs.

upandaji miti (Swahili): forestation, afforestation

Definitions

  1. forestation, afforestation

Ancestry of “upandaji miti”, step by step

upandaji miti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swahili upandaji

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahiliupandajiplanting, sowing, cultivation
2Swahili-ajiusually in agent of an action or person who performs the action as their profession
3Swahili-igeneral negative marker
4Proto-Bantu-ìForms agent nouns from verbs

via Swahili miti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilimitiplural of mti
2Swahilimtitree; pole; wood
3Proto-Bantumʊ̀tɪ́tree; stick
Every word from Proto-Bantu -ì →Every word from Swahili -aji →Every word from Swahili -i →