Editing Canuck (section)

==Origin==
Historically the [[etymology]] was labelled as unclear,<ref name="Orkin2015"/> with its most likely origins according to the 2017 [[A Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles|Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles]], 2nd edition being:
* ''kanata'',<ref>''[[Random House Dictionary]]''</ref> "village" (see [[name of Canada]])
* ''Can''ada + -''uc'' ([[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]] [[noun]] [[Affix|suffix]])<ref name=":1" />
* ''Kanaka'', derived from the Hawaiian ''[[Kanaka (Pacific Island worker)|Kanaka]]''.<ref>Allen, Irving Lewis (1990). ''Unkind Words: Ethnic Labeling from Redskin to WASP''. pp. 59, 61–62. New York: Bergin & Garvey. {{ISBN|0-89789-217-8}}.</ref>

According to ''The Etymology of Canuck'' by Jacob Adler with contributions from Mitford M. Mathews, the word ''Canuck'' connects back to the term ''kanaka'', which is defined as someone indigenous to Hawaii.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DCHP-3 {{!}} Canuck, definition 1a |url=https://dchp.arts.ubc.ca/entries/Canuck |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=dchp.arts.ubc.ca}}</ref>  The term spread beginning in the 1800s however, when ''kanaka'' acquired a racist connotation, and was used to refer to Polynesians with darker skin tones negatively.<ref name=":1" />