Where does “mitigoog” come from?

mitigoog (Ojibwe) comes from Ojibwe mitig, from Proto-Algonquian meʔtekwa, from Proto-Algonquian meʔtekwi — stick.

Ancestry of “mitigoog”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ojibwemitigtree; wood; stick, pole
2Proto-Algonquianmeʔtekwatree
3Proto-Algonquianmeʔtekwistick
Every word from Proto-Algonquian meʔtekwi →Every word from Proto-Algonquian meʔtekwa →Every word from Ojibwe mitig →