Etymologies of some state names

[Koontz John E]

On Thu, 1 Mar 2007, Rankin, Robert L wrote:
> The source has to be Illinois Algonquian because of the initial vowel.
> In Ojibwe and other languages such ethnonyms are marked with the prefix
> (short) -o.  This only becomes a- in Illinois if I understood Goddard
> and Costa correctly.  ...

For those who are feeling confused, here Bob has included the Siouan list
in an ongoing off-list query from "Red Newt <bentnewt at gmail.com>" about
state names.