Where does “kuna” come from?

kuna (Hawaiian) comes from Proto-Polynesian tuna, from Proto-Oceanic tuna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuna, from Proto-Austronesian tuNa — freshwater eel.

kuna (Hawaiian): A variety of freshwater eel

Definitions

  1. A variety of freshwater eel

Ancestry of “kuna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesiantunaeel
2Proto-Oceanictunafreshwater eel
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantunafreshwater eel
4Proto-AustronesiantuNafreshwater eel
Every word from Proto-Austronesian tuNa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuna →Every word from Proto-Oceanic tuna →