Where does “guarajuba” come from?

guarajuba (Portuguese) comes from Old Tupi gûaraîuba, from Latin iuba, from Old Tupi îub, from Old Tupi -a, from Old Tupi pó, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po, from Proto-Tupian *po — hand.

guarajuba (Portuguese): blue runner (Caranx crysos)

Definitions

  1. blue runner (Caranx crysos)

Ancestry of “guarajuba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupigûaraîubablue runner (Caranx crysos)
2Latiniubamane; the flowing hair on the neck of an animal;...
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 →