From Proto-Algonquian *welaˑkani (“bowl, plate”). Cognate with Abenaki welôgan, Penobscot wə̀lαkan, Massachusett wunnonk, Unami lokèns, Ojibwe onaagan, Fox anâkani, Miami alaakani, Mohegan-Pequot wiyôk.
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