Where does “issiꞌ kosomaꞌ nakniꞌ” come from?

issiꞌ kosomaꞌ nakniꞌ (Chickasaw) comes from Chickasaw issiꞌ kosomaꞌ, from Chickasaw -ꞌ — nominalizing verb suffix.

issiꞌ kosomaꞌ nakniꞌ (Chickasaw): billy, billy goat

Definitions

  1. billy, billy goat

Ancestry of “issiꞌ kosomaꞌ nakniꞌ”, step by step

issiꞌ kosomaꞌ nakniꞌ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chickasaw issiꞌ kosomaꞌ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chickasawissiꞌ kosomaꞌgoat
2Chickasaw-ꞌnominalizing verb suffix

via Chickasaw nakniꞌ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chickasawnakniꞌmale
Every word from Chickasaw -ꞌ →Every word from Chickasaw issiꞌ kosomaꞌ →