Where does “ybytinga” come from?

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

ybytinga (Old Tupi): cloud

Definitions

  1. cloud

Ancestry of “ybytinga”, step by step

ybytinga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Tupi tinga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupitingawhite
2Old Tupitingwhite
3Proto-Tupi-Guarani*tiŋwhite

via Old Tupi yby

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupiybyearth; soil
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*ɨβɨearth; soil
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tiŋ →Every word from Old Tupi ting →Every word from Old Tupi tinga →