Where does “umcinezeli” come from?

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

umcinezeli (Xhosa): oppressor

Definitions

  1. oppressor

Ancestry of “umcinezeli”, 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- →