Where does “vumunhu” come from?

vumunhu (Tsonga) comes from Tsonga munhu, from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu — person.

vumunhu (Tsonga): humanness, humanity

Definitions

  1. humanness, humanity

Ancestry of “vumunhu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tsongamunhuperson, human
2Proto-Bantu*mʊ̀ntʊ̀—
3Proto-Atlantic-Congo*-nintuperson
Every word from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu →Every word from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ →Every word from Tsonga munhu →
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