Where does “ananassi” come from?

ananassi (Greenlandic) comes from Danish ananas, from French ananas, from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi naná, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *nanã — pineapple.

ananassi (Greenlandic): pineapple

Definitions

  1. pineapple

Ancestry of “ananassi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishananaspineapple
2Frenchananaspineapple
3Spanishananáspineapple plant; pineapple fruit
4Portugueseananáspineapple
5Old Tupinanápineapple plant
6Proto-Tupi-Guarani*nanãpineapple
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *nanã →Every word from Old Tupi naná →Every word from Portuguese ananás →