Where does “Mít-xu-ri” come from?

Mít-xu-ri (Vietnamese) comes from English Missouri, from Miami wimihsoorita — the people who have dugout canoes.

Ancestry of “Mít-xu-ri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMissouriAn indigenous Siouan tribe that originally lived in the Great Lakes region of United States
2Miamiwimihsooritathe people who have dugout canoes
Every word from Miami wimihsoorita →Every word from English Missouri →