Where does “amboa” come from?

amboa (Malagasy) comes from Swahili mbwa, from Proto-Bantu mbʊ́à, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-bhúa- — dog.

amboa (Malagasy): dog

Definitions

  1. dog

Ancestry of “amboa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilimbwadog
2Proto-Bantumbʊ́àdog
3Proto-Atlantic-Congo*-bhúa-dog

Words derived from “amboa”

Every word from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-bhúa- →Every word from Proto-Bantu mbʊ́à →Every word from Swahili mbwa →