Where does “wacask” come from?

wacask (Plains Cree) comes from Proto-Algonquian *waʔšaškwa — muskrat.

wacask (Plains Cree): muskrat

Definitions

  1. muskrat

Ancestry of “wacask”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Algonquian*waʔšaškwamuskrat
Every word from Proto-Algonquian *waʔšaškwa
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