Where does “tuna” come from?

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

tuna (Tetum): eel

Definitions

  1. eel

Ancestry of “tuna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantunafreshwater eel
2Proto-AustronesiantuNafreshwater eel
Every word from Proto-Austronesian tuNa