Where does “impumelelo” come from?

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

impumelelo (Xhosa): success

Definitions

  1. success

Ancestry of “impumelelo”, 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-