Where does “اسکيمو” come from?

اسکيمو (Pashto) comes from English eskimo, from French esquimau, from Algonquin ayashkimew.

اسکيمو (Pashto): Eskimo

Definitions

  1. Eskimo

Ancestry of “اسکيمو”, step by step

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—
Every word from Algonquin ayashkimew →Every word from French esquimau →Every word from English eskimo →