Where does “аяуаска” come from?

аяуаска (Russian) comes from Spanish ayahuasca, from Quechua ayawaska, from Quechua aya — soul, spirit, ghost; corpse, deceased, dead...

аяуаска (Russian): ayahuasca

Definitions

  1. ayahuasca

Ancestry of “аяуаска”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishayahuascaayahuasca; a psychotropic concoction prepared...
2Quechuaayawaska—
3Quechuaayasoul, spirit, ghost; corpse, deceased, dead...
Every word from Quechua aya →Every word from Quechua ayawaska →Every word from Spanish ayahuasca →