Where does “mutfwana” come from?

mutfwana (Phuthi) comes from Phuthi mutfu, from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu — person.

mutfwana (Phuthi): child

Definitions

  1. child

Ancestry of “mutfwana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Phuthimutfuperson, human
2Proto-Bantu*mʊ̀ntʊ̀—
3Proto-Atlantic-Congo*-nintuperson
Every word from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu →Every word from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ →Every word from Phuthi mutfu →