Where does “yeti” come from?
yeti (Dutch) comes from English yeti, from Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད, from Tibetan གཡའ — rocky or rocky place.
yeti (Dutch): yeti
Ancestry of “yeti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | yeti | an unidentified humanoid animal said to live in... |
| 2 | Tibetan | གཡའ་དྲེད | rock bear |
| 3 | Tibetan | གཡའ | rocky or rocky place |