Where does “mokasen” come from?

mokasen (Turkish) comes from French mocassin, from Powhatan makasin, from Proto-Algonquian maxkeseni — moccasin, shoe.

mokasen (Turkish): moccasin (shoe)

Definitions

  1. moccasin (shoe)

Ancestry of “mokasen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmocassinmoccasin shoe
2Powhatanmakasin—
3Proto-Algonquianmaxkesenimoccasin, shoe
Every word from Proto-Algonquian maxkeseni →Every word from Powhatan makasin →Every word from French mocassin →