Where does “mitig” come from?
mitig (Ojibwe) comes from Proto-Algonquian meʔtekwa, from Proto-Algonquian meʔtekwi — stick.
mitig (Ojibwe): tree; wood; stick, pole
Ancestry of “mitig”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Algonquian | meʔtekwa | tree |
| 2 | Proto-Algonquian | meʔtekwi | stick |