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Where does “hmukw” come from?

hmukw (Unami) comes from Proto-Algonquian meskwi — blood; red.

hmukw (Unami): blood

Definitions

  1. blood

Ancestry of “hmukw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Algonquianmeskwiblood; red
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