Etymograph

English

Kuril Islands

Kuril Islands comes from Russian Кури́лы, and goes back to Ainu クㇽ ‘a person’.

  1. Ainumodernクㇽ‘a person’
  2. RussianmodernКури́лыKuríly
  3. EnglishtodayKuril Islands

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ainumodernクㇽ‘a person’
  2. RussianmodernКури́лыKuríly
  3. EnglishtodayKuril Islands

The story

One theory suggests that its name is ultimately from Ainu クㇽ (‘a person’).disputed Scholars disagree here; the competing view is quoted as the source gives it.

Every English word from Ainu クㇽ

Today it means

name An archipelago between Japan and Kamchatka, Russia, separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the north Pacific Ocean.

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

Etymograph / Ainu クㇽ / Kuril Islands

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