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- Powhatan · borrowed fromtumahák
- Eastern Algonquian · borrowed from
- English todaytomahawk
From an Eastern Algonquian word, most likely Powhatan tumahák; compare also Malecite-Passamaquoddy tomhikon (“axe”), Abenaki temahigan, demahigan (“axe”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.