English
Root
munhu
person, human being
Man aligns with Shona munhu person on m n frame
- Confidence
- 84/100
- Root language
- Shona
- Descent begins
- manEnglish
The consensus position
English man is from Proto-Germanic *mann- continuing PIE *manu-, with no accepted connection to Bantu or Shona.
The working behind this.
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