Where does “samambaîa” come from?

samambaîa (Old Tupi) comes from Old Tupi paîa, from Old Tupi -a, from Old Tupi pó, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po, from Proto-Tupian *po — hand.

samambaîa (Old Tupi): Spanish moss

Definitions

  1. Spanish moss

Ancestry of “samambaîa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupipaîafather
2Old Tupi-aforms nouns from a word's stem
3Old Tupihand
4Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pohand
5Proto-Tupian*pohand

Words derived from “samambaîa

Every word from Proto-Tupian *poEvery word from Old Tupi -aEvery word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po