Where does “Kansas” come from?

Kansas (English) comes from English ethnonym, from English -onym, from Ancient Greek ὄνυμα, from Ancient Greek ὄνομα, from Proto-Indo-European h₁nómn̥, from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- — to name.

Ancestry of “Kansas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishethnonymThe name of an ethnic group, nation, nationality,...
2English-onymname; word
3Ancient GreekὄνυμαDoric and Aeolic form of ὄνομᾰ
4Ancient Greekὄνομαname; fame; noun, in the wide sense: referring to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁nómn̥name
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃neh₃-to name

Words derived from “Kansas”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃neh₃- →