The story
- Proto-Algonquian · derived from*elenyiwa
- Montagnais · borrowed fromInnu
- English todayInnu
From Montagnais Innu, from inniw (“man”), from Proto-Algonquian *elenyiwa. Not related to Inuit. This replaced the term Montagnais as the primary name of the people since 1990, but it remains in use officially to refer to its subgroups.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.