Hesquiaht Harbour
/həˈskwaɪ.ət ˈhɑːr.bər/noun
A coastal inlet on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, associated with the Hesquiaht First Nation.
Did you know?“Harbour” entered English through Old French while ultimately descending from a Germanic term connected with shelter and lodging; Hesquiaht is a Nuu-chah-nulth name, not an English invention.
Etymological Timeline
Pre-contact
Nuu-chah-nulth
Hesquiaht
“The traditional Indigenous name associated with the Hesquiaht people and their territory; the precise internal translation is not securely established in general English etymological sources.”
Medieval period
Proto-Germanic
*harba-
“A shelter, lodging place, or refuge; reconstructed ancestor of the Germanic harbour-word family.”
11th–12th Century
Old French
herberge
“Lodging, shelter, or an inn; borrowed from a Germanic source.”
13th Century
Middle English
herberwe
“A lodging place or shelter, later especially a sheltered place for ships.”
Modern English
English
harbour
“A sheltered body of water where vessels may anchor safely.”