Where does “māhkesen” come from?

māhkesen (Menominee) comes from Proto-Algonquian maxkeseni — moccasin, shoe.

māhkesen (Menominee): moccasin, shoe

Definitions

  1. moccasin, shoe

Ancestry of “māhkesen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Algonquianmaxkesenimoccasin, shoe
Every word from Proto-Algonquian maxkeseni
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