Where does “*mby” come from?

*mby (Proto-Northern Jê) comes from Proto-Cerrado *mbyn, from Proto-Jê *mbyn.

Ancestry of “*mby”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Cerrado*mbyn—
2Proto-Jê*mbyn—

Words derived from “*mby”

Every word from Proto-Jê *mbyn →Every word from Proto-Cerrado *mbyn →
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