Where does “미시시피” come from?

미시시피 (Korean) comes from English Mississippi, from Ojibwe misi-ziibi — great river.

Ancestry of “미시시피”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMississippiUsed in a common chronometric counting scheme, in...
2Ojibwemisi-ziibigreat river
Every word from Ojibwe misi-ziibi →Every word from English Mississippi →