Where does “mañzhii” come from?
mañzhii (Michif) comes from Canadian French manger, from Middle French manger, from Old French mengier, from Latin manducāre, from Latin manducō, from Latin mandūcus, from Latin -ucus, from Azerbaijani uçmaq — to fly.
mañzhii (Michif): food
Ancestry of “mañzhii”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Canadian French | manger | to eat; food, foodstuff |
| 2 | Middle French | manger | to eat; food |
| 3 | Old French | mengier | to eat; food; nourishment |
| 4 | Latin | manducāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | manducō | — |
| 6 | Latin | mandūcus | — |
| 7 | Latin | -ucus | used to form the names of certain plants |
| 8 | Azerbaijani | uçmaq | — |
| 9 | Old Anatolian Turkish | اوچمق | — |
| 10 | Proto-Turkic | uč- | to fly |