English
Haida
Haida comes from Southern Haida X̲aayda.
- Southern HaidamodernX̲aayda
- Englishearliest quotation 1911Haida
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Southern HaidamodernX̲aayda
- Englishearliest quotation 1911Haida
Earliest quotation: 1911, John R. Swanton, Haida: “The Haida language, called Skittagetan by Powell, was anciently…”
Every English word from Southern Haida X̲aayda
Today it means
noun A member of an indigenous people of the Northwest Coast of North America who live primarily in British Columbia and Alaska.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Southern Haida X̲aayda / Haida