Where does “umumbi” come from?

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

umumbi (Zulu): digger

Definitions

  1. digger

Ancestry of “umumbi”, 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 →