Turnips, potatoes

[Leanne Riding]

>
> Turnips:
> 7yanahu 'turnips' (Heiltsuk y'a`na`hu'; Kitimat y'a'naho // Haida
> y'a'a'naahuu, 7innu'u')
>
>

I just came across the entry in Demers, St. Onge's edition at 
Canadiana,  pg. 17:

"Lenamo, turnip".

Which shows the words for turnip could be borrowed from French, however 
a Spanish origin is possible too. I'd venture to say, probable.

The collaborative International Dictionary of English v. 0.48:

"Navew \Na"vew\, n. [OE. navel, naveau, a dim. fr. L. napus
    navew. Cf. {Napiform}.] (Bot.)
    A kind of small turnip, a variety of {Brassica campestris}.
    See {Brassica}. [Written also {naphew}.]
    [1913 Webster]"

And some other unidentified dictionaries at "dict.tugraz.at":

Eng - German: "turnip Rübe {f}; Steckrübe {f}; Navette {f} [bot.]"
Italian: Rapa
French: navet
Spanish: nabo
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