Where does “tuna” come from?

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

tuna (Samoan): eel

Definitions

  1. eel

Ancestry of “tuna”, step by step

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