Where does “mweka” come from?

mweka (Tumbuka) comes from Tumbuka -eka, from Proto-Bantu -ɪka — Stative suffix or neutral-passive suffix, forming verbs which mean "to be (verb)able".

Ancestry of “mweka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tumbuka-eka[[Appendix:Tumbuka verbal derivation#
2Proto-Bantu-ɪkaStative suffix or neutral-passive suffix, forming verbs which mean "to be (verb)able"
Every word from Proto-Bantu -ɪka →Every word from Tumbuka -eka →