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Wickiup

2 stages from Fox (Meskwaki) to English.

Today it means a small, dome-shaped hut traditionally built of brush, poles, and matting by some Native American peoples

Where does the word "wickiup" come from? It comes from Fox (Meskwaki) wi·kiya·pi, adopted directly into English (1843).

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Stage 1 of 2
wi·kiya·pi
Fox (Meskwaki) · pre-1800s
"a house, dwelling"
meant 'house' or 'dwelling', from the shared Algonquian root 'wik-' meaning 'to dwell'
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Stage 2 of 2
wickiup
English · 1843
"a small hut or shelter made of brush and matting"
borrowed into English, first applied to Great Lakes dwellings and later to southwestern brush shelters
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