Where does “tuna” come from?

tuna (Cebuano) comes from Proto-Philippine *tuna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuna, from Proto-Austronesian tuNa — freshwater eel.

tuna (Cebuano): the name of a small, glossy-black, worm-like snake, deadly poisonous, found in moist places in grasses and weeds, possibly the blind snake

Definitions

  1. the name of a small, glossy-black, worm-like snake, deadly poisonous, found in moist places in grasses and weeds, possibly the blind snake

Ancestry of “tuna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*tuna—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantunafreshwater eel
3Proto-AustronesiantuNafreshwater eel

Words derived from “tuna”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian tuNa →