Etymograph

English

Modoc

Modoc comes from Klamath-Modoc moatokni ‘southerner’.

  1. Klamath-Modocmodernmoatokni‘southerner’
  2. EnglishtodayModoc

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Klamath-Modocmodernmoatokni‘southerner’
  2. EnglishtodayModoc

Today it means

noun A member of a Native American tribe formerly living in California and Oregon, and now in Oklahoma as well.

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

Etymograph / Klamath-Modoc moatokni / Modoc