Etymology

Tamaskan Dog

Today it means: A new dog breed with a wolf-like appearance known to have mixed origins, an offshoot of the Northern Inuit Dog. Full definition →

Munsee tamaska
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The story

  1. Munsee · derived fromtamaska“mighty wolf”
  2. English todayTamaskan Dog

From Munsee tamaska (“mighty wolf”) (+ English -n), from teme, tama (“wolf”) + maska (“big, strong, or mighty”); + English dog.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.