Where does “tunanetra” come from?

tunanetra (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian tuna, from Malay tuna, 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.

tunanetra (Indonesian): blind

Definitions

  1. blind

Ancestry of “tunanetra”, step by step

tunanetra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian tuna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantunatuna, any of several species of fish of the genus...
2MalaytunaThe name of a mudsnake or eel with a yellowish body, possibly the marbled eel, Anguilla marmorata
3EnglishtunaAny of several species of fish of the genus...
4Maoritunaeel of various species, including the longfin eel...
5Proto-Polynesiantunaeel
6Proto-Oceanictunafreshwater eel
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantunafreshwater eel
8Proto-AustronesiantuNafreshwater eel

via Indonesian netra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiannetraeye
2Sanskritनेत्रn eye; n river; m guide, leader
Every word from Proto-Austronesian tuNa