Etymology

zulu

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Today it means: A member of an African ethnic group living mainly in the KwaZulu-Natal Province in eastern South Africa. Full definition →

Zulu uḿZulu ← Proto-Bantu *ìgʊ̀dʊ̀
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The story

  1. Zuluumu-
  2. Proto-Bantu*ʊ́-
  3. Zuluú-
  4. Proto-Bantu*ìgʊ̀dʊ̀
  5. Zuluī́zulu
  6. ZuluúZulu
  7. ZuluuḿZulu
  8. English todayZulu

Derived from Zulu uḿZulu.

Words from the same roots

ZuluuḿZulu all →

umZulu

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.