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Where does “mohawk” come from?

mohawk (English) comes from Dutch Mohawk, from Narragansett Muh-heck.

mohawk (English): Alternative letter-case form of Mohawk

Definitions

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Mohawk

Ancestry of “mohawk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchMohawk—
2NarragansettMuh-heck—
Every word from Narragansett Muh-heck →