Where does “amboadia” come from?

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

amboadia (Malagasy): wolf

Definitions

  1. wolf

Ancestry of “amboadia”, step by step

amboadia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malagasy amboa

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

via Malagasy dia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malagasydiawild
2Malayliarwild; untamed; feral living in a state of nature; not domesticated
Every word from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-bhúa- →