From Proto-Algonquian *piiškwa. Cognate with Mi'kmaq pi'gw, Cheyenne pe'e, Massachusett peeksq, Miami apeehkw, Ojibwe beshkwe, Montagnais pishkᵘ (“nighthawk”), Unami pishkw (“nighthawk”), Northern East Cree ᐲᔥᒄ (piishkw), Penobscot pəskʷ.
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