Where does “pirarukú” come from?

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

pirarukú (Nheengatu): arapaima (Arapaima gigas)

Definitions

  1. arapaima (Arapaima gigas)

Ancestry of “pirarukú”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupipiraurukuarapaima (Arapaima gigas)
2Old Tupipiráfish
3Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pirafish
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pira →Every word from Old Tupi pirá →Every word from Old Tupi pirauruku →