Where does “kaûĩ'a” come from?

kaûĩ'a (Old Tupi) comes from Old Tupi kaûĩ, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kawĩ — fermented drink.

kaûĩ'a (Old Tupi): grape

Definitions

  1. grape

Ancestry of “kaûĩ'a”, step by step

kaûĩ'a traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Tupi kaûĩ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupikaûĩcauim
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*kawĩfermented drink

via Old Tupi 'a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupi'ahead
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*ʔahead
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kawĩ →Every word from Old Tupi kaûĩ →