Where does “ayurú” come from?

ayurú (Nheengatu) comes from Old Tupi aîuru, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ajuru — parrot.

ayurú (Nheengatu): a species of inga

Definitions

  1. a species of inga

Ancestry of “ayurú”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupiaîuruparrot
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*ajuruparrot
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ajuru