Where does “Kapi'ibary” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Kapi'ibary”, step by step

Kapi'ibary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Tupi 'y

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

via Old Tupi kapi'iûara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupikapi'iûaracapybara
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*kapiʔiβarcapybara
Every word from Old Chinese 一 →Every word from Proto-Hmong-Mien ʔɨ →Every word from Old Tupi 'y →
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