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Etymology
Unclear. Possibly derived from Proto-Algonquian *soˑk- ("to spill, pour, soak"), in which case giving a meaning of "that which is poured out." If this is the case, it is cognate with Unami Delaware suk-.
Noun
suckahanna
- water
References
- Charles Campbell (1860) History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., →OCLC, page 58
- William Henry Egle (1883) Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical, Relating to Interior Pennsylvania, Harrisburg: L. S. Hart, →OCLC, page 265
- Karen Ordahl Kupperman, editor (1988), Captain John Smith: A Select Edition of His Writings, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, →OCLC, page 135