Where does “Tonga” come from?

Tonga comes from Samoan toga, a word of unknown ultimate origin.

Tonga (English): A Bantu, in the Nyasa branch, spoken in Malawi

Definitions

  1. A Bantu, in the Nyasa branch, spoken in Malawi

Ancestry of “Tonga”, step by step

Tonga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tongan Tonga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TonganTonga—
2Samoantogasouth; southern

via Hindi टाँगा

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiटाँगा—

Words derived from “Tonga”

Every word from Samoan toga →Every word from Tongan Tonga →