Where does “uwa” come from?

uwa (Apalaí) comes from Portuguese uva, from Latin uva, from Proto-Italic *oiwā.

uwa (Apalaí): grape

Definitions

  1. grape

Ancestry of “uwa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseuvagrape
2Latinuvagrape; ablative singular of ūva
3Proto-Italic*oiwā—
Every word from Proto-Italic *oiwā →Every word from Latin uva →Every word from Portuguese uva →