Louisiana French bayouque is compared with reconstructed early Choctaw *bayok.
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bayouque
bayou; stagnant or secondary watercourse
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedChoctaw · proposed early Choctaw · early watercourse candidate*bayok
proposed early Choctaw form for a bayou or watercourse
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A local watercourse label is proposed to have entered colonial Louisiana French.
Proposed early colonial contact route.
Merriam-Webster Editors · Handbook of North American Indians editors
proposed — Merriam-Webster calls the Choctaw route possible and explains both the supporting place-name evidence and the absence of secure later bayuk attestations.
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Bayou — Word History and etymology noteEtymology note — perhaps early Choctaw *bayok; insecurity discussion
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Presents the proposed Choctaw route and its evidentiary limits.
Bók — creekBók — creek
contextAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Documents the living Choctaw watercourse word without proving contraction from *bayok.
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