Where does “pirá” come from?

pirá (Nheengatu) comes from Old Tupi pirá, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pira — fish.

pirá (Nheengatu): fish

Definitions

  1. fish

Ancestry of “pirá”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupipiráfish
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pirafish
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pira →Every word from Old Tupi pirá →