Where does “Toekan” come from?

Toekan (Dutch) comes from Spanish tucán, from Old Tupi tukã, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tũkãn — toucan.

Toekan (Dutch): Tucana

Definitions

  1. Tucana

Ancestry of “Toekan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtucántoucan; a 5000 colón bill
2Old TupitukãToucan
3Proto-Tupi-Guarani*tũkãntoucan
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tũkãn →Every word from Old Tupi tukã →Every word from Spanish tucán →