Where does “cuya” come from?

cuya (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese cuia, from Old Tupi kuîa, from Old Tupi -a, from Old Tupi pó, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po, from Proto-Tupian *po — hand.

cuya (Portuguese): Obsolete spelling of cuia

Definitions

  1. Obsolete spelling of cuia

Ancestry of “cuya”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesecuiacalabash; a vessel, traditionally made from the...
2Old Tupikuîacalabash
3Old Tupi-aforms nouns from a word's stem
4Old Tupipóhand
5Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pohand
6Proto-Tupian*pohand
Every word from Proto-Tupian *po →Every word from Old Tupi -a →Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po →