Where does “에스키모” come from?

에스키모 (Korean) comes from English eskimo, from French esquimau, from Algonquin ayashkimew.

에스키모 (Korean): Eskimo (indigenous Arctic people)

Definitions

  1. Eskimo (indigenous Arctic people)

Ancestry of “에스키모”, step by step

에스키모 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English eskimo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisheskimoA member of a group of indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic, from Siberia, through Alaska and Northern Canada, to Greenland, including the Inuit and Yupik
2FrenchesquimauEskimo; Inuit; snowsuit
3Algonquinayashkimew—

via Russian эскимо

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianэскимоice cream bar
Every word from Algonquin ayashkimew →Every word from French esquimau →Every word from English eskimo →
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