Where does “Mít-xi-xi-pi” come from?
Mít-xi-xi-pi (Vietnamese) comes from English Mississippi, from Ojibwe misi-ziibi — great river.
Ancestry of “Mít-xi-xi-pi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Mississippi | Used in a common chronometric counting scheme, in... |
| 2 | Ojibwe | misi-ziibi | great river |