Where does “lënamèkw” come from?

lënamèkw (Unami) comes from Unami -amèkw, from Proto-Algonquian *-ame·kw.

lënamèkw (Unami): chubsucker fish

Definitions

  1. chubsucker fish

Ancestry of “lënamèkw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Unami-amèkwfish
2Proto-Algonquian*-ame·kw—
Every word from Proto-Algonquian *-ame·kw →Every word from Unami -amèkw →