Where does “mokkasiini” come from?

mokkasiini (Finnish) comes from English moccasin, from Powhatan mockasin, from Proto-Algonquian maxkeseni — moccasin, shoe.

mokkasiini (Finnish): moccasin

Definitions

  1. moccasin

Ancestry of “mokkasiini”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmoccasinA traditional Native North American shoe, usually...
2Powhatanmockasin—
3Proto-Algonquianmaxkesenimoccasin, shoe

Words derived from “mokkasiini”

Every word from Proto-Algonquian maxkeseni →Every word from Powhatan mockasin →Every word from English moccasin →
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