Chicago - chicken?

Amerikan intiaanikielen sana , "skunkin kusi" tai jotain vastaavaa,

sana..... kirjoitti:

Amerikan intiaanikielen sana , "skunkin kusi" tai jotain vastaavaa,

Founded in 1833, Chicago was named after a Canadian French form of a Miami-Illinois Algonquian word, shikaakwa ("wild leek"/"skunk"), named for the plants common along the Chicago River, and has nothing to do with Chief Chicagou of the Michigamea people. More specifically, Chicago dervies from [either Fox /sheka:ko:heki "place of the wild onion," or Ojibwa shika:konk "at the skunk place" (sometimes rendered "place of the bad smell"). The Ojibwa "skunk" word is distantly related to the New England Algonquian word that yielded Modern English skunk.

Etymologists write that Chicago derived its name from the Proto-Algonquian *shek- 'urine' plus the final *-a:kw- 'bushy tailed animal,'.or 'chic' (urine) 'ag' (animal marker), which equals 'urine animal.' However, it must be kept in mind that 'urinating animal' is closer. The third syllable, "o," is probably a change made by the French, who typically wrote "w"

sana.... kirjoitti:

Founded in 1833, Chicago was named after a Canadian French form of a Miami-Illinois Algonquian word, shikaakwa ("wild leek"/"skunk"), named for the plants common along the Chicago River, and has nothing to do with Chief Chicagou of the Michigamea people. More specifically, Chicago dervies from [either Fox /sheka:ko:heki "place of the wild onion," or Ojibwa shika:konk "at the skunk place" (sometimes rendered "place of the bad smell"). The Ojibwa "skunk" word is distantly related to the New England Algonquian word that yielded Modern English skunk.

Etymologists write that Chicago derived its name from the Proto-Algonquian *shek- 'urine' plus the final *-a:kw- 'bushy tailed animal,'.or 'chic' (urine) 'ag' (animal marker), which equals 'urine animal.' However, it must be kept in mind that 'urinating animal' is closer. The third syllable, "o," is probably a change made by the French, who typically wrote "w"

ei kaupungin nimeä kirjoiteta "Shicago"? Vai tuleeko "ch" ranskasta?

sitten kirjoitti:

ei kaupungin nimeä kirjoiteta "Shicago"? Vai tuleeko "ch" ranskasta?

”When Robert LeSalle was exploring the lands he asked indians in the northeast what they called this land.
They replied “shikaakwa”. Chicago today was named after what Robert LeSalle was told by the Indians. Shikaakwa apparently meant land that stinks, due to it being a swampland at the time.
Thats just what a history professor told me once.»
http://intendo.wordpress.com/2007/02/08/the-dangers-of-internet-naivete/

Tutkimusmatkailijan nimi on tuossa yllä väärin ”Robert LeSalle”. Robert de LaSalle olisi kai lähempänä oikeaa – tai vaikkapa René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de LaSalle, jos titteleineen päivineen halutaan kirjoittaa.

R. de LaSalle oli syntyisin Ranskan Rouenista. Monillakin Yhdysvaltain paikkakunnilla on hänen ansiostaan ranskankielinen tai ranskaan vivahtava nimi, jo Ranskan ”aurinkokuningas” Ludvig XIV:n (ranskalaisittain Louis XIV) mukaan nimetystä Louisianasta ja sen pääkaupungista Baton Rougesta lähtien (tuo kaupungin nimi ei taida tarkoittaa punaista patonkia vaan punaista keppiä, sauvaa tms. :•)
http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cavelier_de_La_Salle