English
Geechee
Geechee comes from Creek Uchee.
- CreekmodernUchee
- EnglishtodayGeechee
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- CreekmodernUchee
- EnglishtodayGeechee
The story
From Ogeechee, from the Muskogee language term meaning "river of the Uchees", from Creek Uchee, the Muskogee Creek name for the Yuchi people (an exonym provided by the Creek).
Every English word from Creek Uchee
Today it means
name Gullah (South Carolina island language and culture)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Creek Uchee / Geechee