Where does “urubitinga” come from?

urubitinga (Old Tupi) comes from Old Tupi ting, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tiŋ — white.

urubitinga (Old Tupi): great black hawk

Definitions

  1. great black hawk

Ancestry of “urubitinga”, step by step

urubitinga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Tupi ting

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupitingwhite
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*tiŋwhite

via Old Tupi urubu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old TupiurubuNew World vulture
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*uruβuvulture
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tiŋ →Every word from Old Tupi ting →