Where does “umakhelwane” come from?

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

umakhelwane (Zulu): neighbor

Definitions

  1. neighbor

Ancestry of “umakhelwane”, step by step

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