Where does “gichi-ziibi” come from?

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

gichi-ziibi (Ojibwe): big river

Definitions

  1. big river

Ancestry of “gichi-ziibi”, step by step

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