Siouan etymology?

Michael Mccafferty mmccaffe at indiana.edu
Sat Mar 5 14:38:54 UTC 2005


Is this ethnonym analyzable in Siouan?


"Iskonsogos"


"Iskousogos"


Recent archaeological evidence for the location of this group suggests
that the name could refer to Ohio Valley Siouans. The -konso- is of course
attractive as a possible garbling of "kaansa".

Thank you,

Michael Mccafferty



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