Where does “pú” come from?

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

pú (Nheengatu): hand

Definitions

  1. hand

Ancestry of “pú”, step by step

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

Words derived from “pú”

Every word from Proto-Tupian *po →Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po →Every word from Old Tupi pó →