The story
- Nootka · derived fromč̕aʔak“water”
- English · derived fromsalt
- Chinook Jargon · borrowed fromsaltchuck“the sea”
- English todaysaltchuck
Borrowed from Chinook Jargon saltchuck (“the sea”, literally “saltwater”), from salt (“salt”) (from English salt) + chuck (“water”) from Nootka č̕aʔak (“water”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.