The story
- Kikuyu · borrowed fromkĩrĩma“mountain”
- kam · borrowed fromkii nyaa“ostrich mountain”
- Kikuyu · borrowed fromkere nyaga“white mountain”
- English todayKenya
From the name of Mount Kenya, about which several theories exist, including * from Kikuyu kere nyaga (“white mountain”) (because it is snow-capped) * from Kamba kii nyaa (“ostrich mountain”) * from Kikuyu kĩrĩma (“mountain”)
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.