Where does “tùkwëlënch” come from?

tùkwëlënch (Unami) comes from Unami -ëlënch, from Proto-Algonquian *-θenčy.

tùkwëlënch (Unami): fist

Definitions

  1. fist

Ancestry of “tùkwëlënch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Unami-ëlënchfinger
2Proto-Algonquian*-θenčy—
Every word from Proto-Algonquian *-θenčy →Every word from Unami -ëlënch →
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