Where does “umhloli” come from?

umhloli (Zulu) comes from Zulu -i, from Proto-Bantu -ì — Forms agent nouns from verbs.

umhloli (Zulu): examiner, explorer, inspector, investigator

Definitions

  1. examiner, explorer, inspector, investigator

Ancestry of “umhloli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zulu-iForms agent nouns from verbs
2Proto-Bantu-ìForms agent nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Bantu -ì →Every word from Zulu -i →