Where does “tjúba” come from?

tjúba (Saramaccan) comes from Portuguese chuva, from Old Portuguese chuvia, from Latin pluvia, from Latin pluvius, from Latin pluit, from Proto-Italic plowō, from Proto-Indo-European pléweti.

tjúba (Saramaccan): rain

Definitions

  1. rain

Ancestry of “tjúba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesechuvarain
2Old Portuguesechuviarain
3Latinpluviarain; a shower; feminine nominative singular of...
4Latinpluviusrainy, bringing rain; The inner court of a...
5LatinpluitIt rains; it is raining
6Proto-Italicplowō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpléweti—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléweti →Every word from Proto-Italic plowō →Every word from Latin pluit →