Where does “mpësëmahëna” come from?
mpësëmahëna (Unami) comes from Unami pësëm, from Proto-Algonquian *pensenliwa.
Ancestry of “mpësëmahëna”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unami | pësëm | To have something in one's eye; to have a foreign object in one's eye |
| 2 | Proto-Algonquian | *pensenliwa | — |