Where does “mahchënchu” come from?

mahchënchu (Unami) comes from Unami mahch-, from Proto-Algonquian *mači-.

mahchënchu (Unami): A bad dish

Definitions

  1. A bad dish

Ancestry of “mahchënchu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Unamimahch-bad, mal
2Proto-Algonquian*mači-—
Every word from Proto-Algonquian *mači- →Every word from Unami mahch- →
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