köken: Borrowed from English caribou, from Canadian French caribou, from Mi'kmaq qalipu (“caribou”; compare qalipi, “to shovel snow”), from Proto-Algonquian *maka·lipowa (“caribou”, literally “it shovels snow”).
caribou, reindeer (Arctic and Subarctic-dwelling deer)
eş: ren, renifer
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Algonquian *maka·l- Proto-Algonquian *-i(x)po(w)- Proto-Algonquian *maka·lipowa Mi'kmaq qalipubor. Canadian French cariboubor. English cariboubor. Polish karibu Borrowed from English caribou.
köken: Borrowed from English caribou, from Canadian French caribou, from Mi'kmaq qalipu (“caribou”) from Proto-Algonquian *maka·lipowa (“caribou; it shovels snow”).