The story
- Mohegan-Pequot · derived fromyoakheage
- English todayyokeag
From Mohegan-Pequot yoakheage, yok'hig, shortening of yok'higan (“(that which is) made soft”), related to Abenaki nokhigan (“flour”) (see nocake) and Quiripi *rōhkhīk (see rokeag).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.