Where does “tuna” come from?

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

tuna (Proto-Polynesian): eel

Definitions

  1. eel

Ancestry of “tuna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanictunafreshwater eel
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantunafreshwater eel
3Proto-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 →