Where does “umphumela” come from?

umphumela (Zulu) comes from Zulu phumela, from Zulu -ela, from Proto-Bantu -ɪda — Suffix for forming the applicative form of verbs.

umphumela (Zulu): result, consequence, implication, after-effect

Definitions

  1. result, consequence, implication, after-effect

Ancestry of “umphumela”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zuluphumelato come out to/in, to go out to/in, to exit to/in
2Zulu-elaForms applicative verbs, meaning to do something...
3Proto-Bantu-ɪdaSuffix for forming the applicative form of verbs
Every word from Proto-Bantu -ɪda →Every word from Zulu -ela →Every word from Zulu phumela →