Etymology

Egoli

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Today it means: Nickname for Johannesburg: the largest city in South Africa, in Gauteng province. Full definition →

Zulu eGoli ← English gold ← Middle English gold
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The story

  1. Zulue-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰĺ̥h₃-to-m
  4. Proto-Germanic*gulþą
  5. Proto-West Germanic*golþ
  6. Old Englishgold
  7. Middle Englishgold
  8. Englishgold
  9. Zuluîgolídeclip.
  10. ZuluîGóli
  11. ZulueGoli
  12. English todayeGoli

Borrowed from Zulu eGoli (literally “in Johannesburg”).

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