Where does “o-” come from?

o- (Zulu) comes from Zulu u-, from Zulu ulu-, from Proto-Bantu dʊ́-dʊ̀-.

o- (Zulu): Second-person singular relative concord; Class 1...

Definitions

  1. Second-person singular relative concord; Class 1...

Ancestry of “o-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zuluu-you, thou; second-person singular subject...
2Zuluulu-Archaic form of u-
3Proto-Bantudʊ́-dʊ̀-—
Every word from Proto-Bantu dʊ́-dʊ̀- →Every word from Zulu u- →Every word from Zulu ulu- →
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