Missouri

[Michael McCafferty]

noop. thoughts what i used to think as a kid, though.

i wasn't going to drag this out on the siouan list, and also i know if i
drag it out in front of dave, his first reaction (and therefore siouan list
reaction) will be dismissive, but I *think* these terms have to do with the
idea of enveloping. There are several entries in "Gravier" that have a
similar shape.




>From: Koontz John E <John.Koontz at colorado.edu>
>Reply-To: siouan at lists.colorado.edu
>To: siouan at lists.colorado.edu
>Subject: Re: Missouri
>Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 14:12:49 -0700 (MST)
>
>On Fri, 2 Jan 2004, David Costa wrote:
> > Of course. But that's in the English. My point is just that the Illinois
> > root <8ic8ess-> seems to mean plain 'birch'.
>
>Any connection with "wigwam"?  I noticed the similarity in the first four
>segments.
>
>
>JEK

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