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

Definitions

  1. black mamba

Ancestry of “mustamamba”, step by step

mustamamba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mamba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmambamamba
2EnglishmambaAny of various venomous snakes of the genus...
3ZuluiMambamamba
4Proto-Bantumbámbà—

via Finnish musta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmustablack; black horse; Elative singular form of...
2Finnish-ntääFront vowel variant of -ntaa
Every word from Proto-Bantu mbámbà →Every word from Zulu iMamba →Every word from English mamba →