Etymology

isiZulu

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Today it means: Synonym of Zulu (“Zulu language”) Full definition →

Zulu isíZul ← Proto-Bantu *ìgʊ̀dʊ̀
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The story

  1. Proto-Bantu*kɪ́-
  2. Proto-Bantu*kɪ̀-
  3. Proto-Bantu*kɪ́-kɪ̀-
  4. Zuluísi-
  5. Proto-Bantu*ʊ́-
  6. Zuluú-
  7. Proto-Bantu*ìgʊ̀dʊ̀
  8. Zuluī́zulu
  9. ZuluúZulu
  10. ZuluisíZul
  11. English todayisiZulu

Borrowed from Zulu isíZulu.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.