Where does “anama” come from?

anama (Nheengatu) comes from Old Tupi anama, from Old Tupi -a, from Old Tupi pó, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po, from Proto-Tupian *po — hand.

anama (Nheengatu): family; kinfolk

Definitions

  1. family; kinfolk

Ancestry of “anama”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupianamafamily; kinfolk
2Old Tupi-aforms nouns from a word's stem
3Old Tupipóhand
4Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pohand
5Proto-Tupian*pohand
Every word from Proto-Tupian *po →Every word from Old Tupi -a →Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po →
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