Where does “Ananas” come from?

Ananas (German) comes from Dutch ananas, from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi naná, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *nanã — pineapple.

Ananas (German): pineapple; strawberry

Definitions

  1. pineapple; strawberry

Ancestry of “Ananas”, step by step

Ananas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch ananas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchananaspineapple; pineapple plant, plant of the genus...
2Spanishananáspineapple plant; pineapple fruit
3Portugueseananáspineapple
4Old Tupinanápineapple plant
5Proto-Tupi-Guarani*nanãpineapple

via Middle French ananas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchananas—

Words derived from “Ananas”

Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *nanã →