Where does “boomerang” come from?

Boomerang comes from Dharug bumariny, a word from the Australian Aboriginal language Dharug.

boomerang (English): A flat curved airfoil, that spins about an axis...

Definitions

  1. A flat curved airfoil, that spins about an axis...

Ancestry of “boomerang”, step by step

boomerang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dharug bumariny

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dharugbumariny—

via German wumera

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwumera—

Words derived from “boomerang”

Every word from Dharug bumariny →