Where does “esquimau” come from?

esquimau (French) comes from Algonquin ayashkimew.

esquimau (French): Eskimo; Inuit; snowsuit

Definitions

  1. Eskimo; Inuit; snowsuit

Ancestry of “esquimau”, step by step

esquimau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Algonquin ayashkimew

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Algonquinayashkimew

via Montagnais ayaškimew

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Montagnaisayaškimewsnowshoe-netter

Words derived from “esquimau

Every word from Algonquin ayashkimew