English
Snoqualmie
Snoqualmie comes from Lushootseed sdukʷalbixʷ ‘people of the moon’.
- Lushootseedmodernsdukʷalbixʷ‘people of the moon’
- EnglishtodaySnoqualmie
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Lushootseedmodernsdukʷalbixʷ‘people of the moon’
- EnglishtodaySnoqualmie
The story
Anglicization of Lushootseed sdukʷalbixʷ (‘people of the moon’), the autonym of the Snoqualmie people, a proper noun derived from Lushootseed sɬukʷalb (‘moon’). In early maps of the Pacific Northwest, the indigenous etymon was anglicized as "Snoqualmoo", a spelling no longer used.
Every English word from Lushootseed sdukʷalbixʷ
Today it means
noun A member of an indigenous Coast Salish people of North America native to the Snoqualmie and Skykomish river valleys of central Washington.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Lushootseed sdukʷalbixʷ / Snoqualmie