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Kaska en · PROPN · etymology 1

Etymology

From Kaska.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Kaska Dena, an Athabaskan people.
   alt of Kaska Dena
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Kaska language, an Athabaskan language.
   alt of Kaska language
   • The Na-Dené language family is formed by sixteen distinct languages covering northern British Columbia (cf. 2.2; Figure 2.2)10, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, with languages like Dakelh (Carrier), Dane-Za (Beaver), Danezāgé’ (Kaska) , Dene K’e (Slavey), Tāłtān, Tse’khene, Tŝilhqot’in, Southern Tutchone, Witsuwit’en/Nedut’en; the southwest United States with Diné bizaad (Navajo) and Apache, as well as the Pacific Coast in northern California and Oregon [...]. 2021, Paula Laita Pallarés, Indigenous Language Revitalization in British Columbia: Yuneŝit’in strategies for Nenqayni ch’ih or the Tŝilhqot’in language, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2025, page 82:
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Kaska Nation, a tribal nation in Canada.
   alt of Kaska Nation

Synonyms

Danezāgé' · Kaskas

Kaska en · PROPN · etymology 2

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Hittite, of uncertain origin. Possibly related to the name of Circassia.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Kaskian (“ancient Anatolian people”).
   alt of Kaskian
2. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Kaskian (“ancient Anatolian language”).
   alt of Kaskian

Kaska en · PROPN · etymology 3

Etymology

* As a Polish, Czech and Slovak surname, from Kaska or Kaška, pet form of the personal name Kazimír. Compare Kazimir. * Also as a Czech and Slovak surname, diminutive of kaša (“porridge”), compare Kasa. * Also as a Slovak surname, Kaška, a nickname from kaška (“primula veris”). * As a German surname, variant of Kaske, itself Germanized from Slavic forms of Lukas, as well as the noun kaczka (“duck”).

Meanings

1. A surname from Czech.

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