Etymology

Huron

H4U1R1O1N1

Today it means: A member of the Wyandot people, a Native American group. Full definition →

French Huron ← Iroquoian ← Proto-North Iroquoian *-ɹonõʔ
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The story

  1. Proto-North Iroquoian · derived from*-ɹonõʔ
  2. Iroquoian · derived from
  3. French · derived fromhure“boar’s head”
  4. French · borrowed fromHuron
  5. English todayHuron

From French Huron; Uncertain; possibly from French hure (“boar’s head”) or from a Wyandot word containing the Iroquoian root ronon (“nation”), from Proto-North Iroquoian *-ɹonõʔ.

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