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*šeka:kwa · Proto-Algonquian
noun · Proto-Algonquian
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the North American mammal. Historical source-stage form associated with skunk; the journey preserves the source's qualifications.
Date not yet researched — The inspected passage does not establish a word-specific date for this source stage.
Location not yet researched — No defensible word-specific location was established in the inspected lexical passage; no origin site is inferred.
*šeka:kwa is the inspected source form associated with the historical source stage for English skunk. skunk(n.) opening paragraph
English skunk is recorded in the 1630s as squunck and is traced to a southern New England Algonquian source, with a Proto-Algonquian reconstruction *šeka:kwa. skunk(n.) opening paragraph
skunk · English
noun · English
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the North American mammal. The English form and selected sense are represented from the inspected lexical account; unsupported pronunciation and location are left unresolved.
c. 1630s · English skunk — A source-reported written-use period; not the date of coinage, oral transmission, or every later sense.
Location not yet researched — No defensible word-specific location was established in the inspected lexical passage; no origin site is inferred.
English skunk is recorded in the 1630s as squunck and is traced to a southern New England Algonquian source, with a Proto-Algonquian reconstruction *šeka:kwa. skunk(n.) opening paragraph
The inspected source supports the selected skunk sense: the North American mammal. skunk(n.) opening paragraph
*šeka:kwa → skunk: borrowing, qualified. The source gives a qualified Algonquian reconstruction and a possible Massachusett connection; the reconstruction is not an attested quotation. skunk(n.) opening paragraph