Where does “gichi-miikana” come from?

gichi-miikana (Ojibwe) comes from Ojibwe gichi-, from Proto-Algonquian *keʔči-.

gichi-miikana (Ojibwe): highway

Definitions

  1. highway

Ancestry of “gichi-miikana”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ojibwegichi-—
2Proto-Algonquian*keʔči-—
Every word from Proto-Algonquian *keʔči- →Every word from Ojibwe gichi- →