Where does “umkhetho” come from?

umkhetho (Zulu) comes from Zulu khetha, from Basque -keta, from Kapampangan ka, from Kapampangan ika, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian i-kahu, from Proto-Austronesian i-kaSu.

umkhetho (Zulu): choice, selection i.e., things selected

Definitions

  1. choice, selection i.e., things selected

Ancestry of “umkhetho”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zulukhethato choose, to select, to pick
2Basque-ketaactivity
3Kapampangankayou (second person singular)
4Kapampanganikayou exclusive singular
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesiani-kahu—
6Proto-Austronesiani-kaSu—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian i-kaSu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian i-kahu →Every word from Kapampangan ika →