Where does “-aakw” come from?

-aakw (Ojibwe) comes from Proto-Algonquian -a·xkw- — wood; hardwood; tree.

Ancestry of “-aakw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Algonquian-a·xkw-wood; hardwood; tree
Every word from Proto-Algonquian -a·xkw-