Where does “gobba” come from?
gobba (Italian) comes from Italian giubba, from Latin iuba, from Old Tupi îub, from Old Tupi -a, from Old Tupi pó, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po, from Proto-Tupian *po — hand.
gobba (Italian): hump, hunch; female equivalent of gobbo; feminine...
Definitions
- hump, hunch; female equivalent of gobbo; feminine...
Ancestry of “gobba”, step by step
gobba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian giubba
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | giubba | jacket; tunic |
| 2 | Latin | iuba | mane; the flowing hair on the neck of an animal;... |
| 3 | Old Tupi | îub | to lie |
| 4 | Old Tupi | -a | forms nouns from a word's stem |
| 5 | Old Tupi | pó | hand |
| 6 | Proto-Tupi-Guarani | *po | hand |
| 7 | Proto-Tupian | *po | hand |
via Proto-Cushitic *xab-
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Cushitic | *xab- | — |