Where does “wemahtekëne” come from?

wemahtekëne (Unami) comes from Unami tèkëne — forest, woods.

wemahtekëne (Unami): to be found throughout the forest; to permeate the woods

Definitions

  1. to be found throughout the forest; to permeate the woods

Ancestry of “wemahtekëne”, step by step

wemahtekëne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Unami tèkëne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Unamitèkëneforest, woods

via Unami wemah

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Unamiwemah
Every word from Unami tèkëne
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