Where does “šuŋǧíla” come from?

šuŋǧíla (Lakota) comes from Lakota šúŋka, from Proto-Siouan *wašų́ke — dog.

šuŋǧíla (Lakota): red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Definitions

  1. red fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Ancestry of “šuŋǧíla”, step by step

šuŋǧíla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lakota šúŋka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lakotašúŋkadog
2Proto-Siouan*wašų́kedog

via Lakota ǧí

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lakotaǧíbrown
Every word from Proto-Siouan *wašų́ke →Every word from Lakota šúŋka →