Where does “mokasyn” come from?

mokasyn (Polish) comes from English moccasin, from Powhatan mockasin, from Proto-Algonquian maxkeseni — moccasin, shoe.

mokasyn (Polish): moccasin

Definitions

  1. moccasin

Ancestry of “mokasyn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmoccasinA traditional Native North American shoe, usually...
2Powhatanmockasin—
3Proto-Algonquianmaxkesenimoccasin, shoe

Words derived from “mokasyn”

Every word from Proto-Algonquian maxkeseni →Every word from Powhatan mockasin →Every word from English moccasin →