Where does “gichi-oodena” come from?

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

gichi-oodena (Ojibwe): city

Definitions

  1. city

Ancestry of “gichi-oodena”, step by step

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