Where does “pokoi” come from?

pokoi (Translingual) comes from Paraguayan Guaraní po, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po, from Proto-Tupian *po — hand.

Ancestry of “pokoi”, step by step

pokoi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Paraguayan Guaraní po

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Paraguayan Guaranípohand; five; to jump
2Proto-Tupi-Guarani*pohand
3Proto-Tupian*pohand

via Paraguayan Guaraní mokõi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Paraguayan Guaranímokõitwo
2Proto-Tupianmokõy

Words derived from “pokoi

Every word from Proto-Tupian *po
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