Etymograph

English

Ketchikan

Ketchikan comes from Tlingit Kichx̱áan ‘near the wing’.

  1. TlingitmodernKichx̱áan‘near the wing’
  2. EnglishtodayKetchikan

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. TlingitmodernKichx̱áan‘near the wing’
  2. EnglishtodayKetchikan

Today it means

name A city, the borough seat of Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska.

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

Etymograph / Tlingit Kichx̱áan / Ketchikan