Where does “lii” come from?
lii (Michif) comes from Canadian French les, from Middle French les, from Old French les, from Latin illōs, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos.
lii (Michif): the
Ancestry of “lii”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Canadian French | les | plural of le: the; plural of la: the; plural of... |
| 2 | Middle French | les | the |
| 3 | Old French | les | the |
| 4 | Latin | illōs | — |
| 5 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 6 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | — |