Etymology

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Today it means: A soft knee-high boot of sealskin or reindeer skin, originally worn by Inuit and Yupik. Full definition →

Yup'ik maklak ← Proto-Eskimo *makla
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  1. Proto-Eskimo · derived from*makla“bearded seal, spotted seal”
  2. Yup'ik · borrowed frommaklak“bearded seal”
  3. English todaymukluk

Borrowed from Yup'ik maklak (“bearded seal”), referring to sealskin used to make boots, originally derived from Proto-Eskimo *makla (“bearded seal, spotted seal”).

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