Where does “mbudzi” come from?

mbudzi (Venda) comes from Proto-Bantu mbʊ́dì, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-búdi — goat.

mbudzi (Venda): goat

Definitions

  1. goat

Ancestry of “mbudzi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantumbʊ́dìgoat
2Proto-Atlantic-Congo*-búdigoat
Every word from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-búdi →Every word from Proto-Bantu mbʊ́dì →
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