Where does “mamba” come from?
mamba (Polish) comes from English mamba, from Zulu iMamba, from Proto-Bantu mbámbà.
mamba (Polish): mamba
Ancestry of “mamba”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | mamba | Any of various venomous snakes of the genus... |
| 2 | Zulu | iMamba | — |
| 3 | Proto-Bantu | mbámbà | — |