Where does “kapi'ity” come from?

kapi'ity (Paraguayan Guaraní) comes from Old Tupi kapi'i, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kapiʔi.

Ancestry of “kapi'ity”, step by step

kapi'ity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Tupi kapi'i

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupikapi'igrass
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*kapiʔi—

via Paraguayan Guaraní ty

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Paraguayan Guaraníty—
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kapiʔi →Every word from Old Tupi kapi'i →
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