Where does “-a” come from?

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

-a (Old Tupi): forms nouns from a word's stem

Definitions

  1. forms nouns from a word's stem

Ancestry of “-a”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-a”

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