Where does “inja” come from?

inja (Northern Ndebele) comes from Proto-Bantu mbʊ́à, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-bhúa- — dog.

inja (Northern Ndebele): dog

Definitions

  1. dog

Ancestry of “inja”, step by step

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