Etymology Explorer
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Where does “ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ” come from?
ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ (Cherokee) comes from Choctaw okla, from Choctaw homa — red.
Ancestry of “ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Choctaw
okla
people, tribe, nation, population
2
Choctaw
homa
red
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