Where does “saskatoon” come from?

saskatoon (Finnish) comes from English Saskatoon, from Cree ᒥᓵᐢᑿᑑᒥᐣ, from Cree ᒥᐣ — berry.

saskatoon (Finnish): saskatoon berry

Definitions

  1. saskatoon berry

Ancestry of “saskatoon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSaskatoon(2016 census: 246,376 (city); 295,095 (metro)), located on the South Saskatchewan River
2Creeᒥᓵᐢᑿᑑᒥᐣsaskatoon berry
3Creeᒥᐣberry
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