The story
- Mohegan-Pequot · borrowed fromquinnitukqut“at the long tidal river”
- English todayConnecticut
Said to be from Mohegan-Pequot quinnitukqut (“at the long tidal river”), from *kwen- (“long”) + *-ehtekw (“tidal river”) + *-enk (locative). The spelling perhaps arose from association with connect.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.