Where does “tona” come from?

tona (Ibatan) comes from Proto-Philippine *tuna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuna, from Proto-Austronesian tuNa — freshwater eel.

tona (Ibatan): A kind of freshwater eel

Definitions

  1. A kind of freshwater eel

Ancestry of “tona”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*tuna—
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantunafreshwater eel
3Proto-AustronesiantuNafreshwater eel
Every word from Proto-Austronesian tuNa →