Where does “Tlingit” come from?

Tlingit is the English exonym for the indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast, derived from Lingít, their autonym in the Tlingit language.

Tlingit (English): A member of an Indian people from the coastal...

Definitions

  1. A member of an Indian people from the coastal...

Ancestry of “Tlingit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TlingitLingítTlingit people; Tlingit language
Every word from Tlingit Lingít