Where does “bâ” come from?

bâ (Xerénte) comes from Proto-Central Jê *bə, from Proto-Cerrado *mbyn, from Proto-Jê *mbyn.

bâ (Xerénte): tail

Definitions

  1. tail

Ancestry of “bâ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Central Jê*bə—
2Proto-Cerrado*mbyn—
3Proto-Jê*mbyn—
Every word from Proto-Jê *mbyn →Every word from Proto-Cerrado *mbyn →Every word from Proto-Central Jê *bə →