Where does “umzali” come from?

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

umzali (Zulu): parent

Definitions

  1. parent

Ancestry of “umzali”, 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 →