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Where does “isiSuthu” come from?

isiSuthu (Zulu) comes from Xhosa isi-, from Proto-Bantu *[[kɪ́-]][[kɪ̀-]].

isiSuthu (Zulu): Sotho language

Definitions

  1. Sotho language

Ancestry of “isiSuthu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Xhosaisi-Class 7 noun prefix
2Proto-Bantu*[[kɪ́-]][[kɪ̀-]]—
Every word from Proto-Bantu *[[kɪ́-]][[kɪ̀-]] →