Where does “shaywa” come from?

shaywa (Zulu) comes from Zulu -wa, from Proto-Bantu -ʊa.

shaywa (Zulu): to be hit, to be struck, to be beaten

Definitions

  1. to be hit, to be struck, to be beaten

Ancestry of “shaywa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zulu-waForms passive verbs
2Proto-Bantu-ʊa—
Every word from Proto-Bantu -ʊa →Every word from Zulu -wa →