Where does “isiqhingana” come from?

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

isiqhingana (Zulu): islet, small island

Definitions

  1. islet, small island

Ancestry of “isiqhingana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zuluisiqhingiisland
2Zulu-iForms agent nouns from verbs
3Proto-Bantu-ìForms agent nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Bantu -ì →Every word from Zulu -i →Every word from Zulu isiqhingi →