Yeti
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1930s: apparently from a term in Sherpa (a local language) that is related to Tibetan gya ‘rocky place’ + dred ‘yellow bear, hyena’.
wiktionary
From Tibetan གཡའ་དྲེད(g.ya' dred, “rock bear”), compound of གཡའ(g.ya', “rocky or rocky place”) and དྲེད(dred, “bear”).
etymonline
yeti (n.)
1937, from Sherpa (Tibetan) yeh-teh "small manlike animal." Compare abominable snowman (under abominable).
