Where does “umntwana” come from?

umntwana (Northern Ndebele) comes from Northern Ndebele umuntu, from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu — person.

umntwana (Northern Ndebele): child

Definitions

  1. child

Ancestry of “umntwana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Northern Ndebeleumuntuperson, human
2Proto-Bantu*mʊ̀ntʊ̀—
3Proto-Atlantic-Congo*-nintuperson
Every word from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu →Every word from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ →Every word from Northern Ndebele umuntu →