Where does “nhe'engerekoara” come from?

nhe'engerekoara (Old Tupi) comes from Old Tupi nhe'enga, from Old Tupi -a, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ — instrumentalizer suffix.

nhe'engerekoara (Old Tupi): interpreter

Definitions

  1. interpreter

Ancestry of “nhe'engerekoara”, step by step

nhe'engerekoara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Tupi nhe'enga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupinhe'engalanguage
2Old Tupi-aforms nouns from a word's stem
3Proto-Tupi-Guarani*-aβinstrumentalizer suffix

via Old Tupi erekó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupierekóto have physically
2Old Tupiikóto live, reside
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ →Every word from Old Tupi -a →Every word from Old Tupi nhe'enga →