Where does “umvuzi” come from?

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

umvuzi (Zulu): marsh mongoose, swamp mongoose

Definitions

  1. marsh mongoose, swamp mongoose

Ancestry of “umvuzi”, 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 →
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