Where does “mashkikiins” come from?

mashkikiins (Ojibwe) comes from Ojibwe mashkiki, from Proto-Algonquian maškihkyiwi — herb, medicine; grass, herb, medicine.

mashkikiins (Ojibwe): pill

Definitions

  1. pill

Ancestry of “mashkikiins”, step by step

mashkikiins traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ojibwe mashkiki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ojibwemashkikimedicine, drug
2Proto-Algonquianmaškihkyiwiherb, medicine; grass, herb, medicine

via Ojibwe ins

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ojibweins—
Every word from Proto-Algonquian maškihkyiwi →Every word from Ojibwe mashkiki →