Where does “eskimokuovi” come from?

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

eskimokuovi (Finnish): Eskimo curlew

Definitions

  1. Eskimo curlew

Ancestry of “eskimokuovi”, step by step

eskimokuovi 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 kuovi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuovicurlew; Eurasian curlew
Every word from Algonquin ayashkimew →Every word from French esquimau →Every word from English eskimo →