Where does “mamba” come from?

mamba (Polish) comes from English mamba, from Zulu iMamba, from Proto-Bantu mbámbà.

mamba (Polish): mamba

Definitions

  1. mamba

Ancestry of “mamba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmambaAny of various venomous snakes of the genus...
2ZuluiMambamamba
3Proto-Bantumbámbà—
Every word from Proto-Bantu mbámbà →Every word from Zulu iMamba →Every word from English mamba →
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