Where does “ធូណា” come from?

ធូណា (Khmer) comes 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.

ធូណា (Khmer): tuna

Definitions

  1. tuna

Ancestry of “ធូណា”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtunaAny of several species of fish of the genus...
2Maoritunaeel of various species, including the longfin eel...
3Proto-Polynesiantunaeel
4Proto-Oceanictunafreshwater eel
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantunafreshwater eel
6Proto-AustronesiantuNafreshwater eel
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