Where does “caba” come from?

caba (Portuguese) comes from Old Tupi kaba, from Serbo-Croatian oba-, from Old Tupi îub, from Old Tupi -a, from Old Tupi pó, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po, from Proto-Tupian *po — hand.

caba (Portuguese): wasp

Definitions

  1. wasp

Ancestry of “caba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupikabawasp
2Serbo-Croatianoba-—
3Old Tupiîubto lie
4Old Tupi-aforms nouns from a word's stem
5Old Tupipóhand
6Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pohand
7Proto-Tupian*pohand
Every word from Proto-Tupian *po →Every word from Old Tupi -a →Every word from Old Tupi îub →