Etymology

quahog

qua·hog
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Today it means: An edible clam with a hard shell found along the Atlantic Coast of North America, from species Mercenaria mercenaria, formerly Venus mercenaria. Full definition →

Narragansett poquaûhock ← Mohegan-Pequot p'quaghhaug
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The story

  1. Mohegan-Pequot · derived fromp'quaghhaug“hard clam”
  2. Narragansett · derived frompoquaûhock“hard clam”
  3. English todayquahog

Most often thought to be from Narragansett poquaûhock (“hard clam”), or perhaps from pohkeni (“dark”) + hogki (“shell”). Alternatively from Mohegan-Pequot p'quaghhaug (“hard clam”) or another Algonquian language.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.