English
Tacony
Tacony comes from Unami tèkhane ‘a cold river’, and goes back to tè.
- Unamimoderntè‘cold’
- Unami, derivedmoderntèkhane‘a cold river’literally ‘cold river’
- EnglishtodayTacony
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Unamimoderntè‘cold’
- Unami, derivedmoderntèkhane‘a cold river’literally ‘cold river’
- EnglishtodayTacony
The story
Borrowed from Unami tèkhane (literally “cold river”).
Every English word from Unami tè
Today it means
name A small creek in northern Philadelphia, in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States. It feeds into Frankford Creek.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Unami tè / Tacony