Where does “tiúba” come from?
tiúba (Irish) comes from English Tuba, from Tagalog tuba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubah, from Proto-Austronesian *tubah.
tiúba (Irish): tuba
Ancestry of “tiúba”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Tuba | Abbreviation of bass tuba |
| 2 | Tagalog | tuba | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *tubah | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *tubah | — |