English
Yukaghir
Yukaghir comes from Russian юкагир.
- Russianmodernюкагирjukagir
- EnglishtodayYukaghir
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Russianmodernюкагирjukagir
- EnglishtodayYukaghir
The story
The part yuka- may derive from Southern Yukaghir йуукэ (jūke, “far, distant”) or juk (‘small’), if not from a word from some other language, because the most common endonyms used by Yukaghirs are Southern Yukaghir одул (odul) and Northern Yukaghir вадул (wadul). The suffix -ghir is likely from Evenki -гир (-gir), which is a very common ending in names of Evenki, Even and Orochon tribes.
Every English word from Russian юкагир
Today it means
noun a person with Yukaghir nationality
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Russian юкагир / Yukaghir