Where does “araapy” come from?

araapy (Paraguayan Guaraní) comes from Paraguayan Guaraní mbohapy, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mot͡sapɨr.

Ancestry of “araapy”, step by step

araapy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Paraguayan Guaraní mbohapy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Paraguayan Guaranímbohapythree
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*mot͡sapɨr—

via Paraguayan Guaraní ára

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Paraguayan Guaraníára—
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mot͡sapɨr →