origin of "quimnut"

[zenk at USWESTMAIL.NET]

If "quinnat" derives from "quimnut", then it may not mean anything that "quinnat" suggests the Lower Chinook word for 'chinook salmon':  i-gwanat.  When does "saumon quinnat" first appear anywhere?  Franchere's narrative of his experiences on the Lower Columbia first appeared in French, in 1820.  And he has "Equannet" there as the Chinook word for salmon.  Henry


On Tue, 27 February 2001, terry glavin wrote:
> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>a friend-of-a-friend who does a television
> column about language for the french-language arm of the canadian broadcasting
> corporation is interested in the origin of saumon quinnat (i.e. the french term
> for chinook salmon), which derives from "quimnut" salmon, the origin
> of which is a mystery to her (and me).</FONT></DIV>


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