Where does “minôsis” come from?

minôsis (Plains Cree) comes from Plains Cree -is, from Proto-Algonquian *-ehs.

minôsis (Plains Cree): kitten

Definitions

  1. kitten

Ancestry of “minôsis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plains Cree-isUsed to form diminutives: -ie
2Proto-Algonquian*-ehs—
Every word from Proto-Algonquian *-ehs →Every word from Plains Cree -is →