Where does “ikan tuna” come from?

ikan tuna (Malay) comes from Malay ikan, from Proto-Malayic ikan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hikan, from Proto-Austronesian Sikan — fish.

ikan tuna (Malay): tuna, any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae

Definitions

  1. tuna, any of several species of fish of the genus Thunnus in the family Scombridae

Ancestry of “ikan tuna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayikanfish
2Proto-Malayicikanfish
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhikanfish
4Proto-AustronesianSikanfish
Every word from Proto-Austronesian Sikan →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hikan →Every word from Proto-Malayic ikan →
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