FW: Alotta re Western USA placenames & CJ

[Alan Hartley]

CAMAS is probably originally Sahaptian. The Nez Perce (qéMes, where M is
glottalized) & Sahaptin (Xmaash, where X is postvelar spirant) forms
indicate that CAMAS is prob. reconstructible in Proto-Sahaptian. The
Sahaptian (more specifically, prob. Nez Perce) word is presumably the
etymon of the English (Lewis & Clark 1805) and CJ words. I don't think
the Nootkan etymology has much going for it.

Thanks to Haruo Aoki, Doug Deur, Henry Zenk, Sally Thomason, Mike
Cleven, Bruce Rigsby & Noel Rude (et al.) for their ideas..

Alan