Where does “u-anyanisi” come from?
u-anyanisi (Zulu) comes from English onion, from Middle English onyoun, from Old French oignon, from Latin ūniō, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
u-anyanisi (Zulu): onion
Ancestry of “u-anyanisi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | onion | A monocotyledonous plant , allied to garlic, used... |
| 2 | Middle English | onyoun | — |
| 3 | Old French | oignon | onion |
| 4 | Latin | ūniō | — |
| 5 | Latin | -iō | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -jō | Forms agent nouns from verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |