Where does “tangara” come from?

tangara (Finnish) comes from Portuguese tangara, from Old Tupi tangara, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *taŋara — manakin.

tangara (Finnish): tanager bird of the family Thraupidae

Definitions

  1. tanager bird of the family Thraupidae

Ancestry of “tangara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesetangaramanakin
2Old Tupitangaramanakin
3Proto-Tupi-Guarani*taŋaramanakin

Words derived from “tangara

Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *taŋaraEvery word from Old Tupi tangaraEvery word from Portuguese tangara