hackmatack

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A larch, a tree of the species Larix laricina.
2. A balsam poplar, a tree of the species Populus balsamifera.

Sinonieme

tacamahac

Populus balsamifera

tamarack

American larch

balsam poplar

mountain larch

Western larch

Western larch tamarack

Western tamarack

tamarack larch

Alaskan larch

Montana larch

eastern larch

western larch

Vertalings

Larix occidentalis

westamerikanische Lärche

amerikanische Lärche

peuplier baumier

mélèze laricin

mélèze de l’Orégon

mélèze de l’ouest

mélèze occidental

populus balsamifera

Larix laricina

lariks

alerce

alerce americano

alerce americano occidental

Etimologie (Engels)

Believed to derive from Abenaki, though no specific etymon has been found. The term is first attested in the 1760s–90s, when it was spelled hakmantak and referred to dense forest.
In European languages there was contamination between tacamahac, from Nahuatl, and various Algonquian words containing the final Proto-Algonquian *-a·xkw- (“hardwood or deciduous tree”), including the sources of tamarack and hackmatack, as was already recognized by Chamberlain 1902. This makes the precise Algonquian words involved difficult to recover. Compare the late 19th century German Low German term Hackemtackem (“tacamahac (medicinal resin)”).