Where does “pirauruku” come from?

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

pirauruku (Old Tupi): arapaima (Arapaima gigas)

Definitions

  1. arapaima (Arapaima gigas)

Ancestry of “pirauruku”, step by step

pirauruku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Tupi pirá

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

via Old Tupi uruku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupiurukuachiote (Bixa orellana)

Words derived from “pirauruku”

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