Where does “Kuiche” come from?

Kuiche (Hunsrik) comes from Hunsrik Kui, from Portuguese cuia, from Old Tupi kuîa, from Old Tupi -a, from Old Tupi pó, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po, from Proto-Tupian *po — hand.

Ancestry of “Kuiche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HunsrikKuicalabash; gourd
2Portuguesecuiacalabash; a vessel, traditionally made from the...
3Old Tupikuîacalabash
4Old Tupi-aforms nouns from a word's stem
5Old Tupihand
6Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pohand
7Proto-Tupian*pohand
Every word from Proto-Tupian *poEvery word from Old Tupi -aEvery word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po
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