Where does “Tonga” come from?

Tonga (Finnish) comes from English Tonga, from Tongan Tonga, from Samoan toga — south; southern.

Tonga (Finnish): Tongan language

Definitions

  1. Tongan language

Ancestry of “Tonga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTongaA Bantu, in the Nyasa branch, spoken in Malawi
2TonganTonga—
3Samoantogasouth; southern

Words derived from “Tonga”

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