Where does “kpëcheonkëlëwakàn” come from?

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

kpëcheonkëlëwakàn (Unami): insanity, madness

Definitions

  1. insanity, madness

Ancestry of “kpëcheonkëlëwakàn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1UnamikpëcheònkëlTo be insane, to be crazy
2UnamiaonkëlTo be lost, to not know where one is
3Proto-Algonquian*waniʔle·wa—
Every word from Proto-Algonquian *waniʔle·wa →Every word from Unami aonkël →Every word from Unami kpëcheònkël →