Where does “eskimokuiri” come from?

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

eskimokuiri (Finnish): Hudsonian godwit

Definitions

  1. Hudsonian godwit

Ancestry of “eskimokuiri”, step by step

eskimokuiri 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 kuiri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuirigodwit
Every word from Algonquin ayashkimew →Every word from French esquimau →Every word from English eskimo →
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