Where does “Alaska” come from?
Alaska (Faroese) comes from English Alaska, from Russian Аля́ска, from Aleut alaxsxaq — that toward which the action of the sea is...
Ancestry of “Alaska”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Alaska | Ellipsis of baked Alaska |
| 2 | Russian | Аля́ска | — |
| 3 | Aleut | alaxsxaq | that toward which the action of the sea is... |