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Where does “bimide” come from?

bimide (Ojibwe) comes from Proto-Algonquian pemyi, from Proto-Algic peʔmeye — grease.

bimide (Ojibwe): butter, fat, grease, lard, oil; naphtha

Definitions

  1. butter, fat, grease, lard, oil; naphtha

Ancestry of “bimide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Algonquianpemyigrease, oil, fat
2Proto-Algicpeʔmeyegrease
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