Where does “isibizo” come from?

isibizo (Xhosa) comes from Xhosa biza, from Proto-Bantu -bɪ́dia, from Proto-Bantu -bɪ́da — to call, announce, tell; to be cooked; to boil.

isibizo (Xhosa): noun

Definitions

  1. noun

Ancestry of “isibizo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Xhosabizato call
2Proto-Bantu-bɪ́dia—
3Proto-Bantu-bɪ́dato call, announce, tell; to be cooked; to boil
Every word from Proto-Bantu -bɪ́da →Every word from Proto-Bantu -bɪ́dia →Every word from Xhosa biza →