Where does “ingcelo” come from?

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

ingcelo (Xhosa): request

Definitions

  1. request

Ancestry of “ingcelo”, 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- →