Where does “umdumzeli” come from?

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

umdumzeli (Xhosa): murmuring person

Definitions

  1. murmuring person

Ancestry of “umdumzeli”, 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- →