We even went as far as showing that the very terms ‘prefix’ and ‘suffix’ can be directly related to Setswana…or rather to Bantu languages in general – all against the grain of conventional linguistics’ supposition that Indo-European bears no genetic relationship with any other language family. Instead, I have unearthed signs that there was once indeed a single global language, just as averred in Genesis 11.
To recap on the terms ‘prefix’ and ‘suffix’ themselves, we noted that the base word is ‘fix’ (make [something] adhere to a contact point). We related it to the Nguni term fikisa (now fitlhisa in Setswana) meaning ‘make arrive’ or ‘help reach a [contact] point’. We then sought to find out how the prefix pre can also be related to Setswana. Pre (‘before’) relates to the proto-term pere (before) which in turn relates to pele in Setswana, after duly factoring in the linguistically well-known sound-shift from l to r and vice-versa. As for the prefix su in ‘suffix’, this was a little more complicated. Su means ‘under’ (e.g. sous in French, pronounced ‘soo’) or, indeed, ‘after’, as in ‘suite’, and its old Setswana equivalent is s’oo – ‘selo’ (‘thing’) in full: se (it is like) + lo (you are) – thus something like, or after the fashion of’.
