English
Gauteng
Gauteng comes from Sotho iGauteng ‘place of gold’.
- SothomoderniGauteng‘place of gold’
- EnglishtodayGauteng
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- SothomoderniGauteng‘place of gold’
- EnglishtodayGauteng
A compound of iGauteng ‘place of gold’ + teng ‘here, there’
Every English word from Sotho iGauteng
Today it means
name A province of South Africa. Capital: Johannesburg.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sotho iGauteng / Gauteng