Proto-Bantu *-gɪ̀a

→ Phuthi ya (inherited)

→ Northern Ndebele ya (inherited)

→ Southern Ndebele ya (inherited)

→ Northern Sotho ya (inherited)

→ Rwanda-Rundi ja (inherited)

→ Rwanda-Rundi jya (inherited)

→ Sotho ya (inherited)

→ Tswana ya (inherited)

→ Venda ya (inherited)

→ Xhosa ya (inherited)

→ Zulu ya (inherited)