Where does “duela” come from?

duela (Teojomulco Chatino) comes from English kwela, from Zulu khwela, from Proto-Bantu *-kóɪda.

duela (Teojomulco Chatino): fish

Definitions

  1. fish

Ancestry of “duela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkwelaA style of music, first played in the townships,...
2Zulukhwelato ascend, to climb; to mount, to get onto, to...
3Proto-Bantu*-kóɪda—
Every word from Proto-Bantu *-kóɪda →Every word from Zulu khwela →Every word from English kwela →