Where does “isibongo” come from?

isibongo (Xhosa) comes from Xhosa isi-, from Proto-Bantu *[[kɪ́-]][[kɪ̀-]].

isibongo (Xhosa): class name

Definitions

  1. class name

Ancestry of “isibongo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Xhosaisi-Class 7 noun prefix
2Proto-Bantu*[[kɪ́-]][[kɪ̀-]]—
Every word from Proto-Bantu *[[kɪ́-]][[kɪ̀-]] →Every word from Xhosa isi- →