Where does “isilwi” come from?

isilwi (Zulu) comes from Zulu -i, from Proto-Bantu -ì — Forms agent nouns from verbs.

isilwi (Zulu): fighter

Definitions

  1. fighter

Ancestry of “isilwi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zulu-iForms agent nouns from verbs
2Proto-Bantu-ìForms agent nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Bantu -ì →Every word from Zulu -i →
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