Where does “imfihlo” come from?

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

imfihlo (Xhosa): secret

Definitions

  1. secret

Ancestry of “imfihlo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Xhosain-Class 9 noun prefix
2Proto-Bantu*[[jɪ̀-]][[ǹ-]]—
Every word from Proto-Bantu *[[jɪ̀-]][[ǹ-]] →Every word from Xhosa in- →