Where does “ทูน่า” come from?
ทูน่า (Thai) comes from English tuna, from Maori tuna, from Proto-Polynesian tuna, from Proto-Oceanic tuna, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuna, from Proto-Austronesian tuNa — freshwater eel.
ทูน่า (Thai): tuna
Ancestry of “ทูน่า”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | tuna | Any of several species of fish of the genus... |
| 2 | Maori | tuna | eel of various species, including the longfin eel... |
| 3 | Proto-Polynesian | tuna | eel |
| 4 | Proto-Oceanic | tuna | freshwater eel |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | tuna | freshwater eel |
| 6 | Proto-Austronesian | tuNa | freshwater eel |