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Etymology
Prefix is likely /wisahk-/: sour
Suffix is /-akw/: tree
Cognates in several languages, with varying suffixes. Ojibwe wiisagi-mitigomizh (“red oak”) literally /sour-oak/.
Cognate with Mohegan-Pequot wisacumus, Malecite-Passamaquoddy asahqahatoq.
Noun
wisahkakw anim (plural wisahkakòk)
- northern red oak, Quercus rubra
References
- Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) “wisahkakw”, in Leneaux, Grant, Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project