Missouri

[Alan Hartley]

Koontz John E wrote:

>>Of course. But that's in the English. My point is just that the Illinois
>>root <8ic8ess-> seems to mean plain 'birch'.
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> Any connection with "wigwam"?  I noticed the similarity in the first four
> segments.

The English words wigwam (< Abenaki) and wickiup (< Fox) come from the
root *wi:k- 'dwell, house', as perhaps do the Algonquian words for
birchbark and basswood (Eng. wicopy).

Alan H.