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- Tibetan · borrowed fromགཡའ་དྲེད“wildman, yeti”
- English todayyeti
Borrowed from Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད (g.ya' dred, “wildman, yeti”), compound of གཡའ (g.ya', “dirt, rust, slate”) and དྲེད (dred, “bear”). Attested since 1937.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.