Where does “mlungu” come from?

mlungu (Yao (Africa)) comes from Proto-Bantu mʊ̀dʊ̀ngʊ̀, from Proto-Bantu mʊ̀jʊ́ngʊ̀ — white person.

mlungu (Yao (Africa)): god any divinity in general

Definitions

  1. god any divinity in general

Ancestry of “mlungu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantumʊ̀dʊ̀ngʊ̀
2Proto-Bantumʊ̀jʊ́ngʊ̀white person
Every word from Proto-Bantu mʊ̀jʊ́ngʊ̀Every word from Proto-Bantu mʊ̀dʊ̀ngʊ̀