Where does “pororoka” come from?
pororoka (Old Tupi) comes from Old Tupi -a, from Old Tupi pó, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po, from Proto-Tupian *po.
Ancestry of “pororoka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Tupi | -a | — |
| 2 | Old Tupi | pó | hand |
| 3 | Proto-Tupi-Guarani | *po | — |
| 4 | Proto-Tupian | *po | — |