Where does “tukano” come from?

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

tukano (Esperanto): toucan

Definitions

  1. toucan

Ancestry of “tukano”, step by step

tukano traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish tucán

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtucántoucan; a 5000 colón bill
2Old TupitukãToucan
3Proto-Tupi-Guarani*tũkãntoucan

via Latin tucana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintucana—
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tũkãn →Every word from Old Tupi tukã →Every word from Spanish tucán →