nocake

The story

1. Massachusett · derived fromnookhik“nocake”
2. Narragansett · derived fromnokehick
3. Algonquian · derived from
4. English todaynocake

A respelling, probably influenced by cake, of nokehick, nokehike, which derives from an Algonquian language, probably Narragansett nokehick or Massachusett nookhik (“nocake”, literally “(that which is) pounded till soft”); the word is related to Abenaki nokhigan (“flour”), and English rokeag and yokeag.