Where does “jabuticaba” come from?

jabuticaba (Portuguese) comes from Old Tupi îabutikaba, 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.

jabuticaba (Portuguese): jaboticaba fruit of the jaboticaba tree

Definitions

  1. jaboticaba fruit of the jaboticaba tree

Ancestry of “jabuticaba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupiîabutikabajaboticaba (Myrciaria cauliflora)
2Old Tupikabawasp
3Serbo-Croatianoba-—
4Old Tupiîubto lie
5Old Tupi-aforms nouns from a word's stem
6Old Tupipóhand
7Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pohand
8Proto-Tupian*pohand

Words derived from “jabuticaba”

Every word from Proto-Tupian *po →Every word from Old Tupi -a →Every word from Old Tupi îub →