Where does “pirana” come from?

pirana (Malay) comes from English piranha, from Portuguese piranha, from Old Tupi pirá, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pira — fish.

pirana (Malay): piranha

Definitions

  1. piranha

Ancestry of “pirana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpiranhaAny of the carnivorous freshwater fish living in...
2Portuguesepiranhapiranha; slut
3Old Tupipiráfish
4Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pirafish

Words derived from “pirana”

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