Where does “caribú” come from?
caribú (Tetelcingo Nahuatl) comes from Spanish caribú, from French caribou, from Mi'kmaq qalipu, from Proto-Algonquian maka·lipowa, from Proto-Algonquian maka·l- — scrape, shovel, remove.
caribú (Tetelcingo Nahuatl): Caribou, reindeer
Definitions
- Caribou, reindeer
Ancestry of “caribú”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | caribú | caribou, reindeer |
| 2 | French | caribou | caribou |
| 3 | Mi'kmaq | qalipu | caribou |
| 4 | Proto-Algonquian | maka·lipowa | caribou |
| 5 | Proto-Algonquian | maka·l- | scrape, shovel, remove |