Where does “aîuruîuba” come from?

aîuruîuba (Old Tupi) comes from Old Tupi îub, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *juβ — yellow.

aîuruîuba (Old Tupi): white man, specially one with blond or red hair

Definitions

  1. white man, specially one with blond or red hair

Ancestry of “aîuruîuba”, step by step

aîuruîuba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Tupi îub

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupiîubto lie
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*juβyellow

via Old Tupi aîuru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupiaîuruparrot
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*ajuruparrot
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *juβ →