Where does “ピラニア” come from?

ピラニア (Japanese) comes from Portuguese piranha, from Old Tupi pirá, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pira — fish.

ピラニア (Japanese): a piranha

Definitions

  1. a piranha

Ancestry of “ピラニア”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepiranhapiranha; slut
2Old Tupipiráfish
3Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pirafish

Words derived from “ピラニア”

Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pira →Every word from Old Tupi pirá →Every word from Portuguese piranha →