Where does “kpëcheònkël” come from?

kpëcheònkël (Unami) comes from Unami aonkël, from Proto-Algonquian *waniʔle·wa.

kpëcheònkël (Unami): To be insane, to be crazy

Definitions

  1. To be insane, to be crazy

Ancestry of “kpëcheònkël”, step by step

kpëcheònkël traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Unami aonkël

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1UnamiaonkëlTo be lost, to not know where one is
2Proto-Algonquian*waniʔle·wa—

via Unami kpëche

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Unamikpëche—

Words derived from “kpëcheònkël”

Every word from Proto-Algonquian *waniʔle·wa →Every word from Unami aonkël →