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Topic Options #5976 - 09/01/00 11:38 AM Eskimo BobFrisbeeMay stranger Registered: 08/16/00 Posts: 3 My adolescent son gives a UC Berkeley freshperson as his citation of authority for the following: "Eskimo" is a term applied by Europeans to Inuit peoples. In the Inuit language the word "Eskimo" refers to female genitals. This is NOT the etymology I have found in the Merriam Webster college or other dictionaries. (Although the dictionaries' references to 'one who eats raw flesh' is at least suggestive.) Any better authorities for the etymology of this word? BobFrisbeeMay Top #5977 - 09/01/00 01:46 PM Re: Eskimo Jackie Carpal Tunnel Registered: 03/15/00 Posts: 11580 Loc: Louisville, Kentucky Welcome, pardner! H'yar's whut Merriam-Webster's on-line Collegiate Dictionary has to say: Main Entry: Es·ki·mo Pronunciation: 'es-k&-"mO Function: noun Etymology: obsolete Esquimawe, prob. from Spanish esquimao, from Montagnais (Algonquian language of eastern Canada) aiachkime8 Micmac, Eskimo; probably akin to modern Montagnais assime.w she laces a snowshoe, Ojibwa askime. Date: 1584 1 plural Eskimo or Eskimos : a member of a group of peoples of northern Canada, Greenland, Alaska, and eastern Siberia 2 : any of the languages of the Eskimo peoples - Es·ki·mo·an /"es-k&-'mO-&n/ adjective a word to the wise: the Q & A section might be better for next time, and I hope there are quite a few of those, Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8430 Members 16 Forums 13688 Topics 209819 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members supermatthias, prabakaran, sce, Eva, sylviasuper 8430 Registered Users Who's Online 2 registered (Tromboniator, jenny jenny), 44 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 87 jenny jenny 62 wofahulicodoc 60 endymion6 50 Rhubarb Commando 37 BranShea 32 Faldage 15 Buffalo Shrdlu 15 zmjezhd 13 teepee 11 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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