Where does “porundy” come from?

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

Ancestry of “porundy”, step by step

porundy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Paraguayan Guaraní po

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Paraguayan Guaranípohand; five; to jump
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pohand
3Proto-Tupian*pohand

via Paraguayan Guaraní irundy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Paraguayan Guaraníirundy—

Words derived from “porundy”

Every word from Proto-Tupian *po →