Etymology Podunk people







podunk, or pautunk, called neck of land, means projection or bulge in land. pautage means neck, land juts out , seems connect podunk, means land juts out , people dwell. prefix paut means poddy, pouting, or bulging, while suffix age [aki] means land. pautapaug , potapaug mean bulging in bay, cove, or pond there standing water. paug means bay or bog. pautipaug said mean sink in mire, here suffix paug , means mire or bog not pod or paut . name podunk not have bog element in , ends suffix means dwelling place or danak . example poodhumsk, means projecting rock.







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