The story
- Abenaki · derived fromwaniigan“pit trap, container for sundries”
- English todaywannigan
From Abenaki waniigan (“pit trap, container for sundries”); compare klahigan (“wooden trap”). Compare Ojibwe waanikaan (“pit, excavated hole”) and English wammikin (also from Algonquian).
Words from the same roots
Abenakiwaniigan all →
wangan
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.