Where does “Shuniah” come from?

Shuniah (English) comes from Ojibwe zhooniyaa, from Proto-Algonquian *šoᐧliyaᐧw-.

Ancestry of “Shuniah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ojibwezhooniyaamoney
2Proto-Algonquian*šoᐧliyaᐧw-
Every word from Proto-Algonquian *šoᐧliyaᐧw-Every word from Ojibwe zhooniyaa
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