Where does “mashkikiiwinini” come from?

mashkikiiwinini (Ojibwe) comes from Ojibwe inini, from Proto-Algonquian erenyiwa — man, person.

mashkikiiwinini (Ojibwe): doctor

Definitions

  1. doctor

Ancestry of “mashkikiiwinini”, step by step

mashkikiiwinini traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ojibwe inini

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ojibweininiman, male
2Proto-Algonquianerenyiwaman, person

via Ojibwe mashkiki

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

Words derived from “mashkikiiwinini”

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