Where does “jamy” come from?

jamy (Kayapó) comes from Proto-Northern Jê *jamby, from Proto-Northern Jê *mby, from Proto-Cerrado *mbyn, from Proto-Jê *mbyn.

jamy (Kayapó): tail

Definitions

  1. tail

Ancestry of “jamy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Northern Jê*jamby—
2Proto-Northern Jê*mby—
3Proto-Cerrado*mbyn—
4Proto-Jê*mbyn—
Every word from Proto-Jê *mbyn →Every word from Proto-Cerrado *mbyn →Every word from Proto-Northern Jê *mby →