Where does “mbwa” come from?

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

Ancestry of “mbwa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bantumbʊ́àdog
2Proto-Atlantic-Congo*-bhúa-dog

Words derived from “mbwa”

Every word from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-bhúa- →Every word from Proto-Bantu mbʊ́à →