Where does “kahèsëna” come from?

kahèsëna (Unami) comes from Unami kahès, from Proto-Algonquian *kya.

Ancestry of “kahèsëna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Unamikahèsmother
2Proto-Algonquian*kya—
Every word from Proto-Algonquian *kya →Every word from Unami kahès →