Where does “carpincho” come from?

carpincho (Spanish) comes from Old Tupi kapi'i, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kapiʔi.

carpincho (Spanish): capybara

Definitions

  1. capybara

Ancestry of “carpincho”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupikapi'igrass
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*kapiʔi—

Words derived from “carpincho”

Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kapiʔi →Every word from Old Tupi kapi'i →