Where does “miniconjou” come from?

miniconjou (English) comes from Lakota Mnikȟówožu, from Lakota mni, from Proto-Siouan *wa-rį́· — water, liquid.

miniconjou (English): A member of a Native American people constituting a subdivision of the Lakota people, who formerly inhabited an area in western present-day South Dakota from the Black Hills to the Platte River

Definitions

  1. A member of a Native American people constituting a subdivision of the Lakota people, who formerly inhabited an area in western present-day South Dakota from the Black Hills to the Platte River

Ancestry of “miniconjou”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LakotaMnikȟówožuthe Miniconjou
2Lakotamniwater, stream
3Proto-Siouan*wa-rį́·water, liquid

Words derived from “miniconjou”

Every word from Proto-Siouan *wa-rį́· →Every word from Lakota mni →Every word from Lakota Mnikȟówožu →