Where does “tatu” come from?
tatu (Hungarian) comes from French tatou, from Old Tupi tatu, from French PEB, from Old Tupi -a, from Old Tupi pó, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po, from Proto-Tupian *po.
tatu (Hungarian): armadillo
Ancestry of “tatu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | tatou | armadillo |
| 2 | Old Tupi | tatu | armadillo |
| 3 | French | PEB | a system enabling a library to borrow a document... |
| 4 | Old Tupi | -a | — |
| 5 | Old Tupi | pó | hand |
| 6 | Proto-Tupi-Guarani | *po | — |
| 7 | Proto-Tupian | *po | — |