Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/šeka·kwa

Etymology
From (in reference to the animals' spraying of stinky musk) +  (compare ).

Noun

 * 1) skunk

Descendants

 * Plains Algonquian:
 * (older orthography: xouhu)
 * Central Algonquian:
 * Eastern Algonquian: *šəkākʷ
 * Central Algonquian:
 * Eastern Algonquian: *šəkākʷ
 * Eastern Algonquian: *šəkākʷ
 * Eastern Algonquian: *šəkākʷ
 * Eastern Algonquian: *šəkākʷ
 * Eastern Algonquian: *šəkākʷ
 * Eastern Algonquian: *šəkākʷ
 * Eastern Algonquian: *šəkākʷ
 * Eastern Algonquian: *šəkākʷ
 * Eastern Algonquian: *šəkākʷ
 * Eastern Algonquian: *šəkākʷ
 * Eastern Algonquian: *šəkākʷ