Where does “ukuqeshwa” come from?

ukuqeshwa (Xhosa) comes from Xhosa uku-, from Proto-Bantu *[[kʊ́-]][[kʊ̀-]].

ukuqeshwa (Xhosa): employment

Definitions

  1. employment

Ancestry of “ukuqeshwa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Xhosauku-Class 15 noun prefix; forms the infinitive of...
2Proto-Bantu*[[kʊ́-]][[kʊ̀-]]—
Every word from Proto-Bantu *[[kʊ́-]][[kʊ̀-]] →Every word from Xhosa uku- →