Where does “Texas” come from?

Texas derives from Spanish Tejas, which comes from Caddo táyshaʔ, a word of unknown meaning.

Texas (English): Several places in the United States

Definitions

  1. Several places in the United States

Ancestry of “Texas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishTexas—
2SpanishTejas—
3Sanskritतेजस्the sharp edge of a knife; the point or top of a...
4Proto-Indo-Aryantáyȷ́as—
5Proto-Indo-European(s)teyg-to be sharp; to sting

Words derived from “Texas”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teyg- →