Where does “newinsk” come from?

newinsk (Malecite-Passamaquoddy) comes from Malecite-Passamaquoddy new, from Proto-Algonquian nye·wi — four.

newinsk (Malecite-Passamaquoddy): forty

Definitions

  1. forty

Ancestry of “newinsk”, step by step

newinsk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malecite-Passamaquoddy new

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malecite-Passamaquoddynewfour (in counting)
2Proto-Algonquiannye·wifour

via Malecite-Passamaquoddy insk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malecite-Passamaquoddyinsk—
Every word from Proto-Algonquian nye·wi →Every word from Malecite-Passamaquoddy new →