Origin of "Coquille"?

[Anthony Grant]

..which is itself from Canadian French.

I do wonder if Coquille is a backformation from Coquilles/Coquelles, which is a gallicised spelling of Hanis Coos gugwis (Not sure of the diacritics) 'south'.

Anthony

>>> Dave Robertson <ddr11 at UVIC.CA> 05/04/07 3:48 am >>>
I'd thought "Coquille" might be from "lakwachi" (CJ word for some sort of 
bivalve.  This is interesting...Dave R...:


"Finally, Scott Byram pursues the origin of the name Coquille and its 
pronunciation. He traces the evolution of the name for the river from 
Coquell (pronounced "kå-kwel" and derived from the Chinook jargon word for 
lamprey) to Coquille (pronounced kå-keel"), with its supposed origin in 
the French word for shell."

Changing Landscapes: "Sustaining Traditions" Proceedings of the Fifth and 
Sixth Annual Coquille Cultural Preservation Conferences  
Edited by Donald B. Ivy and R. Scott Byram  
Coquille Indian Tribe, North Bend, Ore., 2002. Illustrations, photographs, 
maps, bibliography. 200 pages. $25.00 paper.

 
Reviewed by David V. Ellis
(Archaeological Investigations Northwest, Portland, Oregon)  

in Oregon Historical Quarterly 104(3)

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