Where does “nkahèsëna” come from?

nkahèsëna (Unami) comes from Unami kahès, from Proto-Algonquian *kya.

Ancestry of “nkahèsëna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Unamikahèsmother
2Proto-Algonquian*kya—
Every word from Proto-Algonquian *kya →Every word from Unami kahès →