Where does “Tula” come from?

Tula comes from Russian Ту́ла, which derives from Classical Nahuatl Tōllān, ultimately from Classical Nahuatl tōllin, a type of plant or reed.

Tula (English): a place name in Russia

Definitions

  1. a place name in Russia

Ancestry of “Tula”, step by step

Tula traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish Tula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishTulaA children's game in which a child chases others until he touches one of them with his hand, who, in turn, chases the others, tag
2Classical NahuatlTōllānplace of bulrushes
3Classical Nahuatl-tlānplace; place suffix; place of

via Russian Ту́ла

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianТу́ла—

Words derived from “Tula”

Every word from Classical Nahuatl -tlān →Every word from Classical Nahuatl Tōllān →Every word from Spanish Tula →