Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀jákà

→ Kikuyu mwaka (inherited)

→ Luganda omwaka (inherited)

→ Southern Ndebele unyaka (inherited)

→ Chichewa chaka (inherited)

→ Rwanda-Rundi umwaka (inherited)

→ Shona mwaka (inherited)

→ Swazi umnyaka (inherited)

→ Sotho ngwaha (inherited)

→ Swahili mwaka (inherited)

→ Tswana ngwaga (inherited)

→ Tumbuka caka (inherited)

→ Venda ṅwaha (inherited)

→ Mwani mwaka (inherited)

→ Xhosa umnyaka (inherited)

→ Zulu unyaka (inherited)