Where does “imfazwe” come from?

imfazwe (Xhosa) comes from Xhosa fa, from Proto-Bantu -kúa, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *kwwú- — to die.

imfazwe (Xhosa): war

Definitions

  1. war

Ancestry of “imfazwe”, step by step

imfazwe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Xhosa fa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Xhosafato die
2Proto-Bantu-kúato die
3Proto-Atlantic-Congo*kwwú-to die

via Xhosa ilizwe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Xhosailizweland
Every word from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *kwwú- →Every word from Proto-Bantu -kúa →Every word from Xhosa fa →
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