English
guanaco
Guanaco comes from Spanish guanaco ‘guanaco (a South American ruminant, closely…’, and goes back to Quechua wanaku.
- Quechuamodernwanaku
- Spanishc. 1500–presentguanaco‘guanaco (a South American ruminant, closely related to the other lamoids, the alpaca’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Quechuamodernwanaku
- Spanishc. 1500–presentguanaco‘guanaco (a South American ruminant, closely related to the other lamoids, the alpaca’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Quechua wanaku
Today it means
noun A South American ruminant (Lama guanicoe), closely related to the other lamoids, the alpaca, llama, and vicuña in the family Camelidae.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Quechua wanaku / guanaco