Where does “Tunalock” come from?

Tunalock (English) comes from English tuna, from Maori tuna, from Proto-Polynesian tuna, from Proto-Oceanic tuna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuna, from Proto-Austronesian tuNa — freshwater eel.

Tunalock (English): A subgenre of Sherlock fan fiction and fanart portraying Sherlock Holmes as a tuna or tuna-headed reverse mermaid

Definitions

  1. A subgenre of Sherlock fan fiction and fanart portraying Sherlock Holmes as a tuna or tuna-headed reverse mermaid

Ancestry of “Tunalock”, step by step

Tunalock traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tuna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtunaAny of several species of fish of the genus...
2Maoritunaeel of various species, including the longfin eel...
3Proto-Polynesiantunaeel
4Proto-Oceanictunafreshwater eel
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantunafreshwater eel
6Proto-AustronesiantuNafreshwater eel

via English Sherlock

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSherlockTo deduce; To search; To obsolete a unique...
2Old Englishscir-lockbright-lock
Every word from Proto-Austronesian tuNa →
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