Proto-Bantu *nkócì

→ Phuthi ikghosî (inherited)

→ Kongo nkosi (inherited)

→ Lingala nkɔ́si (inherited)

→ Southern Ndebele ikosi (inherited)

→ Swazi inkhosi (inherited)

→ Sotho kgosi (inherited)

→ Sotho kgoši (inherited(st/nso))

→ Tswana kgosi (inherited)

→ Tsonga hosi (inherited)

→ Venda khosi (inherited)

→ Xhosa inkosi (inherited)

→ Zulu inkosi (inherited)