Etymology

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Today it means: A fisher cat or fisher (Pekania pennanti, syn. Martes pennanti) Full definition →

Abenaki apanakes
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The story

  1. Abenaki · derived fromapanakes“pine marten, Martes americana”
  2. English todaypekan

From the Abenaki apanakes (“pine marten, Martes americana”), or a Penobscot cognate of it.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.