Where does “purangasawa” come from?

purangasawa (Nheengatu) comes from Nheengatu puranga, from Old Tupi poranga, from Old Tupi -a, from Old Tupi pó, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po, from Proto-Tupian *po — hand.

purangasawa (Nheengatu): beauty

Definitions

  1. beauty

Ancestry of “purangasawa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Nheengatupurangabeautiful
2Old Tupiporangabeauty
3Old Tupi-aforms nouns from a word's stem
4Old Tupipóhand
5Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pohand
6Proto-Tupian*pohand
Every word from Proto-Tupian *po →Every word from Old Tupi -a →Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po →