English
Musquash
Musquash may come from English muskrat ‘Ondatra zibethicus’.
- English1500–presentmuskrat‘Ondatra zibethicus’uncertain
- EnglishtodayMusquash
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentmuskrat‘Ondatra zibethicus’uncertain
- EnglishtodayMusquash
The story
Possibly derived from an Algonquian term with the meaning muskrat (‘Ondatra zibethicus’).
Every English word from English muskrat
Today it means
name A civil parish of Saint John County, New Brunswick, Canada.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English muskrat / Musquash