Where does “nittaki impa” come from?

nittaki impa (Chickasaw) comes from Chickasaw nittaki, from Chickasaw nittak — day.

nittaki impa (Chickasaw): to have breakfast

Definitions

  1. to have breakfast

Ancestry of “nittaki impa”, step by step

nittaki impa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chickasaw nittaki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chickasawnittakiearly in the morning (typically before sunrise)
2Chickasawnittakday

via Chickasaw impa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chickasawimpato eat, to be eating
Every word from Chickasaw nittakEvery word from Chickasaw nittaki