Where does “iimbongi” come from?

iimbongi (Xhosa) comes from Xhosa imbongi, from Xhosa in-, from Proto-Bantu *[[jɪ̀-]][[ǹ-]].

Ancestry of “iimbongi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Xhosaimbongipraise singer
2Xhosain-Class 9 noun prefix
3Proto-Bantu*[[jɪ̀-]][[ǹ-]]—

Words derived from “iimbongi”

Every word from Proto-Bantu *[[jɪ̀-]][[ǹ-]] →Every word from Xhosa in- →Every word from Xhosa imbongi →