Where does “Jequitinhonha” come from?
Jequitinhonha (Portuguese) comes from Old Tupi Îekytenhẽa, from Old Tupi -a, from Old Tupi pó, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po, from Proto-Tupian *po — hand.
Ancestry of “Jequitinhonha”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Tupi | Îekytenhẽa | — |
| 2 | Old Tupi | -a | forms nouns from a word's stem |
| 3 | Old Tupi | pó | hand |
| 4 | Proto-Tupi-Guarani | *po | hand |
| 5 | Proto-Tupian | *po | hand |