English
eulachon
Eulachon comes from Chinook Jargon ulakan.
- Chinook Jargonmodernulakan
- Englishearliest quotation 1911eulachon
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Chinook Jargonmodernulakan
- Englishearliest quotation 1911eulachon
Earliest quotation: 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough: “The Tsimshian Indians of British Columbia observe certain ceremonies…”
Linked words
through Chinook Jargon ulakan
Today it means
noun Synonym of candlefish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Chinook Jargon ulakan / eulachon