Where does “nâpêsis” come from?

nâpêsis (Plains Cree) comes from Plains Cree nâpêw, from Proto-Algonquian na·pe·wa, from Proto-Algic na·pe·gʷa — male.

nâpêsis (Plains Cree): boy

Definitions

  1. boy

Ancestry of “nâpêsis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plains Creenâpêwman, male
2Proto-Algonquianna·pe·wamale, man
3Proto-Algicna·pe·gʷamale
Every word from Proto-Algic na·pe·gʷa →Every word from Proto-Algonquian na·pe·wa →Every word from Plains Cree nâpêw →