Where does “uLwezi” come from?

uLwezi (Zulu) comes from Zulu ulwezi, from Zulu u-, from Proto-Bantu ʊ́- — Class 1 subject concord.

uLwezi (Zulu): November; the fourth month of the Zulu lunar...

Definitions

  1. November; the fourth month of the Zulu lunar...

Ancestry of “uLwezi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zuluulwezia species of froghopper; cicada grubs
2Zuluu-you, thou; second-person singular subject...
3Proto-Bantuʊ́-Class 1 subject concord
Every word from Proto-Bantu ʊ́- →Every word from Zulu u- →Every word from Zulu ulwezi →