English
Siksika
Siksika comes from Blackfoot Siksiká.
- BlackfootmodernSiksikáliterally ‘black foot’
- EnglishtodaySiksika
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- BlackfootmodernSiksikáliterally ‘black foot’
- EnglishtodaySiksika
The story
Borrowed from Blackfoot Siksiká (literally “black foot”).
Every English word from Blackfoot Siksiká
Today it means
name An Indigenous nation or clan under the Blackfoot Confederacy inhabiting what is now southern Alberta, Canada.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Blackfoot Siksiká / Siksika