Where does “tucan” come from?

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

tucan (Romanian): toucan

Definitions

  1. toucan

Ancestry of “tucan”, 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 →