Where does “tuba” come from?
tuba (Malay) comes from English Tuba, from Tagalog tuba, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tubah, from Proto-Austronesian *tubah — Derris elliptica a plant with roots that are pounded and put in rivers to stun fish.
tuba (Malay): poison that is made out of root
Definitions
- poison that is made out of root
Ancestry of “tuba”, step by step
tuba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Tuba
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Tuba | Abbreviation of bass tuba |
| 2 | Tagalog | tuba | tubâ, a palm wine created from the sap of various species of palm trees |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *tubah | Derris elliptica a plant with roots that are pounded and put in rivers to stun fish |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | *tubah | Derris elliptica a plant with roots that are pounded and put in rivers to stun fish |
via Proto-Malayic *tuba(ʔ)
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayic | *tuba(ʔ) | plant providing fish poison |