Etymograph

English

Nootka

Nootka comes from Nootka nuutkaa ‘go around’.

  1. Nootkamodernnuutkaa‘go around’
  2. EnglishtodayNootka

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Nootkamodernnuutkaa‘go around’
  2. EnglishtodayNootka

Today it means

noun A member of the Nuu-chah-nulth people, an indigenous people from Vancouver Island, Canada

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

Etymograph / Nootka nuutkaa / Nootka