Where does “mwanahisa” come from?

mwanahisa (Swahili) comes from Swahili mwana, from Proto-Bantu mʊ̀jánà — child.

mwanahisa (Swahili): shareholder, stockholder

Definitions

  1. shareholder, stockholder

Ancestry of “mwanahisa”, step by step

mwanahisa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swahili mwana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilimwanachild; In compounds, someone who does or has a...
2Proto-Bantumʊ̀jánàchild

via Swahili hisa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swahilihisaportion
2Arabicحِصَّة—
Every word from Proto-Bantu mʊ̀jánà →Every word from Swahili mwana →