Etymograph

English

Klondike

Klondike may come from Hän Tr'ondëk ‘hammerstone water’.

  1. HänmodernTr'ondëk‘hammerstone water’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2008Klondike

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. HänmodernTr'ondëk‘hammerstone water’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2008Klondike

Earliest quotation: 2008, Mark Landler, Housing Woes in U.S. Spread Around Globe: “That reality is spreading. Once-sizzling housing markets in Eastern…”

The story

From Klondike, a region in the Yukon territory of Canada that saw a gold rush, named after the Klondike River.

Every English word from Hän Tr'ondëk

Today it means

name A river in Yukon, Canada.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Hän Tr'ondëk / Klondike

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