wisahkakw

== Unami == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Algonquian *wi·ʔsaka·xkwa. By surface analysis, wisahkël (“sour, bitter”) +‎ -akw (“tree”). Cognates in several languages, with varying suffixes. Ojibwe wiisagi-mitigomizh (“red oak”) literally /sour-oak/. Cognate with Mohegan-Pequot wisacumus, Malecite-Passamaquoddy asahqahatoq. === Noun === wisahkakw anim (plural wisahkakòk) northern red oak, Quercus rubra === References === Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “wisahkakw”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project