Where does “ubuntwana” come from?

ubuntwana (Zulu) comes from Zulu umntwana, from Zulu umuntu, from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀, from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu — person.

ubuntwana (Zulu): childhood

Definitions

  1. childhood

Ancestry of “ubuntwana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Zuluumntwanachild
2Zuluumuntuperson, human
3Proto-Bantu*mʊ̀ntʊ̀—
4Proto-Atlantic-Congo*-nintuperson
Every word from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-nintu →Every word from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ →Every word from Zulu umuntu →