Where does “juba” come from?

juba (Portuguese) comes 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.

juba (Portuguese): mane

Definitions

  1. mane

Ancestry of “juba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latiniubamane; the flowing hair on the neck of an animal;...
2Old Tupiîubto lie
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 Old Tupi îub →