Kaska

From Kaska.

Kaska

1. Ellipsis of Kaska Dena, an Athabaskan people.

   Synonym: Kaskas

2. Ellipsis of Kaska language, an Athabaskan language.
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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