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

  1. pear (fruit or tree)

Ancestry of “гру́ша”, step by step

гру́ша traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian krusa

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

via Proto-Slavic gruša

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicgrušaground grain, gravel

Words derived from “гру́ша

Every word from Proto-Tupian *poEvery word from Old Tupi -aEvery word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po