Where does “etãmirĩ” come from?

etãmirĩ (Old Tupi) comes from Old Tupi mirĩ, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mirĩ — small.

etãmirĩ (Old Tupi): island

Definitions

  1. island

Ancestry of “etãmirĩ”, step by step

etãmirĩ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Tupi mirĩ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupimirĩlittle
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*mirĩsmall

via Old Tupi etama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupietamaland; homeland
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mirĩ →Every word from Old Tupi mirĩ →