Where does “wêmistikôsîwaskiy” come from?

wêmistikôsîwaskiy (Plains Cree) comes from Plains Cree askiy, from Proto-Algonquian *askyi.

Ancestry of “wêmistikôsîwaskiy”, step by step

wêmistikôsîwaskiy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plains Cree askiy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plains Creeaskiyearth
2Proto-Algonquian*askyi—

via Plains Cree mistikôsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Plains Creemistikôsi—
Every word from Proto-Algonquian *askyi →Every word from Plains Cree askiy →