Etymograph

English

Salish

Salish comes from Montana Salish séliš.

  1. Montana Salishmodernséliš
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2013Salish

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Montana Salishmodernséliš
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2013Salish

Earliest quotation: 2013, Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being: “Muriel said that the garden was ancient and had…”

Today it means

noun A broad ethnolinguistic indigenous group native to North America, the Salish peoples.

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

Etymograph / Montana Salish séliš / Salish