Where did the word "kanu" come from, and when did people start using it in reference to outriggers? Just wondering...
Submitted by goto on Thu, 08/31/2006 - 10:47am
Where did the word "kanu" come from, and when did people start using it in reference to outriggers? Just wondering...
Submitted by goto on Thu, 08/31/2006 - 10:47am
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The word "Canoe" comes from the Taino culture (seafaring people as well, but in the Caribbean). "Kanu" may be just a phonetical play on that. ??
#1 Thu, 08/31/2006 - 12:04pm
Kanu may have also come from the latin root KANOOS...
which was then adopted by the french and evolved into the varation of PNEUS.
#2 Sun, 09/03/2006 - 6:17pm
and probably was used to describe outriggers in the 19th century when Germany had large holdings in the Western Pacific
#3 Sun, 09/03/2006 - 7:03pm