Where does “umchweli” come from?

umchweli (Xhosa) comes from Xhosa um-, from Proto-Bantu gʊ́-mʊ̀-.

umchweli (Xhosa): carpenter

Definitions

  1. carpenter

Ancestry of “umchweli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Xhosaum-Class 1 noun prefix; Class 3 noun prefix
2Proto-Bantugʊ́-mʊ̀-—
Every word from Proto-Bantu gʊ́-mʊ̀- →Every word from Xhosa um- →