Where does “esi-” come from?

esi- (Zulu) comes from Zulu a-, from Proto-Bantu à- — Class 1 subject concord.

esi- (Zulu): First-person plural relative concord; Class 7...

Definitions

  1. First-person plural relative concord; Class 7...

Ancestry of “esi-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zulua-he, she, it; class 1 subject concord, used in the...
2Proto-Bantuà-Class 1 subject concord
Every word from Proto-Bantu à-Every word from Zulu a-