Where does “'Ypupîara” come from?

'Ypupîara (Old Tupi) comes from Old Tupi 'y, from Proto-Hmong-Mien ʔɨ, from Old Chinese 一.

'Ypupîara (Old Tupi): a hostile water sprite, which was said to drown people crossing water bodies

Definitions

  1. a hostile water sprite, which was said to drown people crossing water bodies

Ancestry of “'Ypupîara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupi'ywater
2Proto-Hmong-Mienʔɨone
3Old Chinese一—

Words derived from “'Ypupîara”

Every word from Old Chinese 一 →Every word from Proto-Hmong-Mien ʔɨ →Every word from Old Tupi 'y →