Etymograph

English

Kanienkehaka

Kanienkehaka comes from Mohawk Kanienʼkehá꞉ka.

  1. MohawkmodernKanienʼkehá꞉ka
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2011Kanienkehaka

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. MohawkmodernKanienʼkehá꞉ka
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2011Kanienkehaka

Earliest quotation: 2011, Harry Swain, Oka: A Political Crisis and Its Legacy: “Tribal names are less contentious, though the word “tribe”…”

Today it means

noun The Mohawk people.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Mohawk Kanienʼkehá꞉ka / Kanienkehaka