English
KwaZulu
KwaZulu comes from Zulu KwaZulu ‘Zululand’, from uZulu ‘a Zulu clan name or surname’, and ultimately from Proto-Bantu *ìgʊ̀dʊ̀.
- Proto-Bantuprehistoric (reconstructed)*ìgʊ̀dʊ̀reconstructed
- Zulumodernizulu‘sky, heaven’
- Zulu, derivedmodernuZulu‘a Zulu clan name or surname’
- Zulu, derivedmodernKwaZulu‘Zululand’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Bantuprehistoric (reconstructed)*ìgʊ̀dʊ̀reconstructed
- Zulumodernizulu‘sky, heaven’
- Zulu, derivedmodernuZulu‘a Zulu clan name or surname’
- Zulu, derivedmodernKwaZulu‘Zululand’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Proto-Bantu *ìgʊ̀dʊ̀
Today it means
name A former bantustan in South Africa, intended by the apartheid government to be a homeland for the Zulu people.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Bantu *ìgʊ̀dʊ̀ / KwaZulu