Where does “Cuniculus paca” come from?

Cuniculus paca (Translingual) comes from Old Tupi paka, from Old Tupi -a, from Old Tupi pó, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po, from Proto-Tupian *po — hand.

Cuniculus paca (Translingual): species

Definitions

  1. species

Ancestry of “Cuniculus paca”, step by step

Cuniculus paca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Tupi paka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Tupipakapaca
2Old Tupi-aforms nouns from a word's stem
3Old Tupipóhand
4Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pohand
5Proto-Tupian*pohand

via Translingual Cuniculus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TranslingualCuniculusgenus
2Latincunīculusa rabbit
Every word from Proto-Tupian *po →Every word from Old Tupi -a →Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po →
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