Where does “maskihkiwiskwêw” come from?

maskihkiwiskwêw (Plains Cree) comes from Plains Cree iskwêw, from Proto-Algonquian *eθkwe·wa.

maskihkiwiskwêw (Plains Cree): nurse

Definitions

  1. nurse

Ancestry of “maskihkiwiskwêw”, step by step

maskihkiwiskwêw traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plains Cree iskwêw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plains Creeiskwêwwoman
2Proto-Algonquian*eθkwe·wa—

via Plains Cree maskihkiy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plains Creemaskihkiyherb
2Proto-Algonquianmaškihkyiwiherb, medicine; grass, herb, medicine
Every word from Proto-Algonquian *eθkwe·wa →Every word from Plains Cree iskwêw →