Where does “jiboia” come from?

jiboia (Portuguese) comes from Old Tupi îyboîa, from Old Tupi -a, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ — instrumentalizer suffix.

jiboia (Portuguese): boa constrictor, jiboya large tropical American snake

Definitions

  1. boa constrictor, jiboya large tropical American snake

Ancestry of “jiboia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupiîyboîaboa constrictor, jiboya
2Old Tupi-aforms nouns from a word's stem
3Proto-Tupi-Guarani*-aβinstrumentalizer suffix

Words derived from “jiboia”

Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *-aβ →Every word from Old Tupi -a →Every word from Old Tupi îyboîa →