Where does “ingcobo” come from?

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

ingcobo (Xhosa): joy

Definitions

  1. joy

Ancestry of “ingcobo”, 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- →