The story
- Dakota · derived fromya“to speak”
- Dakota · derived fromša“red”
- Dakota · derived fromšaia“to speak incoherently”
- Dakota · derived fromšahíyena
- French · borrowed fromCheyenne
- English todayCheyenne
Borrowed from French Cheyenne, from Dakota šahíyena, from Dakota šaia (“to speak incoherently”), from Dakota ša (“red”) and Dakota ya (“to speak”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.