Where does “” come from?

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

(Nheengatu): hand

Definitions

  1. hand

Ancestry of “”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupihand
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pohand
3Proto-Tupian*pohand

Words derived from “

Every word from Proto-Tupian *po
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