Where does “pokõiha” come from?

pokõiha (Paraguayan Guaraní) comes from Translingual pokoi, from Paraguayan Guaraní po, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po, from Proto-Tupian *po — hand.

Ancestry of “pokõiha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Translingualpokoi—
2Paraguayan Guaranípohand; five; to jump
3Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pohand
4Proto-Tupian*pohand
Every word from Proto-Tupian *po →
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