Where does “gújímbwa” come from?

gújímbwa (Matengo) comes from Matengo jímbwa, from Proto-Bantu mbʊ́à, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-bhúa- — dog.

Ancestry of “gújímbwa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Matengojímbwadog
2Proto-Bantumbʊ́àdog
3Proto-Atlantic-Congo*-bhúa-dog
Every word from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-bhúa- →Every word from Proto-Bantu mbʊ́à →Every word from Matengo jímbwa →