Where does “ayahciyiniw” come from?

ayahciyiniw (Plains Cree) comes from Plains Cree iyiniw, from Proto-Algonquian erenyiwa — man, person.

ayahciyiniw (Plains Cree): outsider, stranger

Definitions

  1. outsider, stranger

Ancestry of “ayahciyiniw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plains CreeiyiniwIndian
2Proto-Algonquianerenyiwaman, person
Every word from Proto-Algonquian erenyiwa →Every word from Plains Cree iyiniw →