Where does “pirãia” come from?

pirãia (Old Tupi) comes from Old Tupi pirá, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pira — fish.

pirãia (Old Tupi): piranha. Any of the carnivorous freshwater fish...

Definitions

  1. piranha. Any of the carnivorous freshwater fish...

Ancestry of “pirãia”, step by step

pirãia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Tupi pirá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupipiráfish
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pirafish

via Old Tupi ãia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupiãiatooth

Words derived from “pirãia”

Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pira →Every word from Old Tupi pirá →