Kaska

From Kaska.

Kaska

1. Ellipsis of Kaska Dena, an Athabaskan people.

   Synonym: Kaskas

2. Ellipsis of Kaska language, an Athabaskan language.

   Synonym: Danezāgé'

   • 2021, Paula Laita Pallarés, Indigenous Language Revitalization in British Columbia: Yuneŝit’in strategies for Nenqayni ch’ih or the Tŝilhqot’in language‎^[1], University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, page 82:

     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 [...].

3. Ellipsis of Kaska Nation, a tribal nation in Canada.

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

Kaska

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

• 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”).

Kaska (plural Kaskas)

1. A surname from Czech.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kaska is the 41038^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 531 individuals. Kaska is most common among White (88.7%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kaska”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 280.

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