Where does “alpaka” come from?

alpaka (Kashubian) comes from Polish alpaka, from German alpaka, from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa — alpaca.

alpaka (Kashubian): alpaca (Vicugna pacos)

Definitions

  1. alpaca (Vicugna pacos)

Ancestry of “alpaka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishalpakaalpaca; alpaca hair; nickel silver
2Germanalpakaalpaca (mammal)
3Spanishalpacaalpaca
4Aymaraallpaqaalpaca
Every word from Aymara allpaqa →Every word from Spanish alpaca →Every word from German alpaka →