Where does “wakoshi” come from?

wakoshi (Chickasaw) comes from Chickasaw oshi, from Japanese おし, from Japanese 塩, from Middle Chinese 鹽.

wakoshi (Chickasaw): calf

Definitions

  1. calf

Ancestry of “wakoshi”, step by step

wakoshi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chickasaw oshi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chickasawoshilittle
2Japaneseおしpushing
3Japanese塩salt; saltiness; hardship, toil, trouble
4Middle Chinese鹽—

via Chickasaw wak

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chickasawwakcow
Every word from Middle Chinese 鹽 →Every word from Japanese 塩 →Every word from Japanese おし →