Where does “mnã” come from?

mnã (Xerénte) comes from Proto-Central Jê *mə̃nə̃, from Proto-Cerrado *mbyn, from Proto-Jê *mbyn.

Ancestry of “mnã”, step by step

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