Where does “iButswana” come from?
iButswana (Zulu) comes from Tswana Botswana, from Tswana bo-, from Proto-Bantu bʊ̀- — Class 14 noun prefix.
iButswana (Zulu): Botswana
Ancestry of “iButswana”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Tswana | Botswana | — |
| 2 | Tswana | bo- | Class 14 noun prefix |
| 3 | Proto-Bantu | bʊ̀- | Class 14 noun prefix |