Where does “amboabe” come from?

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

amboabe (Malagasy): a species of mygale spider

Definitions

  1. a species of mygale spider

Ancestry of “amboabe”, step by step

amboabe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malagasy amboa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malagasyamboadog
2Swahilimbwadog
3Proto-Bantumbʊ́àdog
4Proto-Atlantic-Congo*-bhúa-dog

via Malagasy be

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malagasybebig; great
Every word from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-bhúa- →