Where does “ánga” come from?

ánga (Paraguayan Guaraní) comes from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔaŋ — shadow.

Ancestry of “ánga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Tupi-Guarani*ʔaŋshadow
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔaŋ