Where does “tuna” come from?

tuna (Maori) comes from Proto-Polynesian tuna, from Proto-Oceanic tuna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuna, from Proto-Austronesian tuNa — freshwater eel.

tuna (Maori): eel of various species, including the longfin eel...

Definitions

  1. eel of various species, including the longfin eel...

Ancestry of “tuna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesiantunaeel
2Proto-Oceanictunafreshwater eel
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantunafreshwater eel
4Proto-AustronesiantuNafreshwater eel

Words derived from “tuna”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian tuNa →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuna →Every word from Proto-Oceanic tuna →