Where does “caribou” come from?

caribou (French) comes from Mi'kmaq qalipu, from Proto-Algonquian maka·lipowa, from Proto-Algonquian maka·l- — scrape, shovel, remove.

caribou (French): caribou

Definitions

  1. caribou

Ancestry of “caribou”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Mi'kmaqqalipucaribou
2Proto-Algonquianmaka·lipowacaribou
3Proto-Algonquianmaka·l-scrape, shovel, remove

Words derived from “caribou”

Every word from Proto-Algonquian maka·l- →Every word from Proto-Algonquian maka·lipowa →Every word from Mi'kmaq qalipu →
caribou — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer