Where does “wasmowat” come from?

wasmowat (Potawatomi) comes from Potawatomi wasmo, from Potawatomi mo.

Ancestry of “wasmowat”, step by step

wasmowat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Potawatomi wasmo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Potawatomiwasmoto flash lightning
2Potawatomimo—

via Proto-Indo-European wat-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwat-curved
Every word from Potawatomi mo →Every word from Potawatomi wasmo →