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Where does “ᓇᒣᑯᐢ” come from?

ᓇᒣᑯᐢ (Cree) comes from Proto-Algonquian name·kwa — lake trout.

Ancestry of “ᓇᒣᑯᐢ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Algonquianname·kwalake trout

Words derived from “ᓇᒣᑯᐢ”

  • namaycush
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