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Where does “yeti” come from?

yeti (English) comes from Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད, from Tibetan གཡའ — rocky or rocky place.

yeti (English): an unidentified humanoid animal said to live in...

Definitions

  1. an unidentified humanoid animal said to live in...

Ancestry of “yeti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tibetanགཡའ་དྲེདrock bear
2Tibetanགཡའrocky or rocky place

Words derived from “yeti”

  • yetilike
  • yeti
  • jeti
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