Where does “mhuktune” come from?

mhuktune (Unami) comes from Unami tun, from Proto-Algonquian *-eton.

mhuktune (Unami): To be bloody-mouthed; to have a bloody mouth

Definitions

  1. To be bloody-mouthed; to have a bloody mouth

Ancestry of “mhuktune”, step by step

mhuktune traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Unami tun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Unamitunmouth
2Proto-Algonquian*-eton—

via Unami mhukw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Unamimhukwblood
2Proto-Algonquianmeskwiblood; red
Every word from Proto-Algonquian *-eton →Every word from Unami tun →