Where does “yolhkon ishtoꞌ” come from?

yolhkon ishtoꞌ (Chickasaw) comes from Chickasaw ishto — to be big.

yolhkon ishtoꞌ (Chickasaw): gopher

Definitions

  1. gopher

Ancestry of “yolhkon ishtoꞌ”, step by step

yolhkon ishtoꞌ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chickasaw ishto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chickasawishtoto be big

via Chickasaw yolhkon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chickasawyolhkonmole
Every word from Chickasaw ishto