Where does “tukan” come from?

tukan (Maltese) comes from Italian tucano, from Portuguese tucano, from Old Tupi tukana, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tũkãn — toucan.

tukan (Maltese): toucan

Definitions

  1. toucan

Ancestry of “tukan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItaliantucanoTucanoan; toucan
2Portuguesetucanotoucan; a person who supports or is affiliated to...
3Old Tupitukanatoucan
4Proto-Tupi-Guarani*tũkãntoucan
Every word from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tũkãn →Every word from Old Tupi tukana →Every word from Portuguese tucano →
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