Where does “shoxamèkw” come from?

shoxamèkw (Unami) comes from Unami -amèkw, from Proto-Algonquian *-ame·kw.

shoxamèkw (Unami): eel

Definitions

  1. eel

Ancestry of “shoxamèkw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Unami-amèkwfish
2Proto-Algonquian*-ame·kw—
Every word from Proto-Algonquian *-ame·kw →Every word from Unami -amèkw →