Where does “musurana” come from?
musurana (Old Tupi) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian ran-, from German heran, from German hēr, from Old High German hera, from Proto-Germanic hē₂r, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt, from German kitt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
musurana (Old Tupi): a cotton rope tied around the waist and neck of the prisoner to be killed in an anthropophagic ritual
Definitions
- a cotton rope tied around the waist and neck of the prisoner to be killed in an anthropophagic ritual
Ancestry of “musurana”, step by step
musurana traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-Indo-Iranian ran-
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ran- | pleasure, joy |
| 2 | German | heran | near, close to, over to |
| 3 | German | hēr | hither, to this place, to here, to me/us |
| 4 | Old High German | hera | hither |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hē₂r | here, in this place |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 7 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 8 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 9 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Old Tupi musu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Tupi | musu | marbled swamp eel (Synbranchus marmoratus) |