Where does “гру́ша” come from?
гру́ша (Ukrainian) comes from Latvian krusa, from Old Tupi -a, from Old Tupi pó, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po, from Proto-Tupian *po — hand.
гру́ша (Ukrainian): pear (fruit or tree)
Definitions
- pear (fruit or tree)
Ancestry of “гру́ша”, step by step
гру́ша traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latvian krusa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvian | krusa | hail |
| 2 | Old Tupi | -a | forms nouns from a word's stem |
| 3 | Old Tupi | pó | hand |
| 4 | Proto-Tupi-Guarani | *po | hand |
| 5 | Proto-Tupian | *po | hand |
via Proto-Slavic gruša
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Slavic | gruša | ground grain, gravel |