Where does “iwí” come from?

iwí (Nheengatu) comes from Portuguese Terra, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

iwí (Nheengatu): earth; soil

Definitions

  1. earth; soil

Ancestry of “iwí”, step by step

iwí traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese Terra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseTerraEarth
2LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
3Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

via Old Tupi yby

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupiybyearth; soil
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*ɨβɨearth; soil
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Latin Terra →Every word from Portuguese Terra →
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