Where does “eskimokieli” come from?

eskimokieli (Finnish) comes from Finnish eskimo, from English eskimo, from French esquimau, from Algonquin ayashkimew.

eskimokieli (Finnish): Eskimo language

Definitions

  1. Eskimo language

Ancestry of “eskimokieli”, step by step

eskimokieli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish eskimo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnisheskimoEskimo; Synonym of jäätelöpuikko
2EnglisheskimoA member of a group of indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic, from Siberia, through Alaska and Northern Canada, to Greenland, including the Inuit and Yupik
3FrenchesquimauEskimo; Inuit; snowsuit
4Algonquinayashkimew—

via Finnish kieli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkielitongue; language; string
2Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
3Proto-Uralickäletongue; language
Every word from Algonquin ayashkimew →Every word from French esquimau →Every word from English eskimo →