Where does “mustamamba” come from?
mustamamba (Finnish) comes from Finnish mamba, from English mamba, from Zulu iMamba, from Proto-Bantu mbámbà.
mustamamba (Finnish): black mamba
Ancestry of “mustamamba”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mamba | mamba |
| 2 | English | mamba | Any of various venomous snakes of the genus... |
| 3 | Zulu | iMamba | — |
| 4 | Proto-Bantu | mbámbà | — |