Where does “umntwana” come from?

umntwana (Xhosa) comes from Xhosa umntu, from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu — person.

umntwana (Xhosa): child

Definitions

  1. child

Ancestry of “umntwana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Xhosaumntuperson, human
2Proto-Bantu*mʊ̀ntʊ̀—
3Proto-Atlantic-Congo*-nintuperson

Words derived from “umntwana”

Every word from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu →Every word from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ →Every word from Xhosa umntu →