English word origin

Etymology of Kaska

From Kaska.

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Source etymology 1

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name

Ellipsis of Kaska Dena, an Athabaskan people. · Ellipsis of Kaska language, an Athabaskan language. · Ellipsis of Kaska Nation, a tribal nation in Canada.

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From Kaska.

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Source etymology 2

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Alternative form of Kaskian (“ancient Anatolian people”). · Alternative form of Kaskian (“ancient Anatolian language”).

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

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Source etymology 3

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A surname from Czech.

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* 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”).

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