Where does “mèxkanànuwe” come from?

mèxkanànuwe (Unami) comes from Unami màxk-, from Proto-Algonquian meskwi — blood; red.

mèxkanànuwe (Unami): To have red cheeks, to be red-cheeked of the face, not of the buttcheeks

Definitions

  1. To have red cheeks, to be red-cheeked of the face, not of the buttcheeks

Ancestry of “mèxkanànuwe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Unamimàxk-red
2Proto-Algonquianmeskwiblood; red
Every word from Proto-Algonquian meskwi →Every word from Unami màxk- →