Where does “isityalo” come from?

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

isityalo (Xhosa): plant

Definitions

  1. plant

Ancestry of “isityalo”, 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-