Where does “mbwa” come from?

mbwa (Teke-Tyee) comes from Proto-Bantu mbʊ́à, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-bhúa- — dog.

mbwa (Teke-Tyee): dog

Definitions

  1. dog

Ancestry of “mbwa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantumbʊ́àdog
2Proto-Atlantic-Congo*-bhúa-dog
Every word from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-bhúa- →Every word from Proto-Bantu mbʊ́à →