Where does “ku kèku” come from?

ku kèku (Unami) comes from Unami ku, from Proto-Algonquian -w.

ku kèku (Unami): nothing

Definitions

  1. nothing

Ancestry of “ku kèku”, step by step

ku kèku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Unami ku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Unamikunot
2Proto-Algonquian-w—

via Proto-Indo-European keku-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankeku-cudgel, hammer shaped stick
Every word from Proto-Algonquian -w →Every word from Unami ku →