Where does “nîsosâp” come from?

nîsosâp (Plains Cree) comes from Plains Cree nîso, from Proto-Algonquian nyi·šwi — two.

nîsosâp (Plains Cree): twelve

Definitions

  1. twelve

Ancestry of “nîsosâp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plains Creenîsotwo
2Proto-Algonquiannyi·šwitwo
Every word from Proto-Algonquian nyi·šwi →Every word from Plains Cree nîso →
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