Where does “tëmpikànakw” come from?

tëmpikànakw (Unami) comes from Unami -akw, from Proto-Algonquian -a·xkw- — wood; hardwood; tree.

tëmpikànakw (Unami): crabapple plant

Definitions

  1. crabapple plant

Ancestry of “tëmpikànakw”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Unami-akwtree, stick
2Proto-Algonquian-a·xkw-wood; hardwood; tree
Every word from Proto-Algonquian -a·xkw- →Every word from Unami -akw →