Where does “pororoca” come from?

pororoca (English) comes from Old Tupi pororoka, from Old Tupi -a, from Old Tupi pó, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po, from Proto-Tupian *po — hand.

pororoca (English): A tidal flood especially at the mouth of the...

Definitions

  1. A tidal flood especially at the mouth of the...

Ancestry of “pororoca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupipororokaexplosion
2Old Tupi-aforms nouns from a word's stem
3Old Tupipóhand
4Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pohand
5Proto-Tupian*pohand
Every word from Proto-Tupian *po →Every word from Old Tupi -a →Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po →