Etymology

Kitchawan

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Munsee kíhtsiipoong ← Proto-Algonquian *keʔči-
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The story

  1. Proto-Algonquian · derived from*si·pi·wi
  2. Proto-Algonquian · derived from*keʔči-
  3. Munsee · derived fromkíhtsiipoong
  4. English todayKitchawan

Perhaps from Munsee kíhtsiipoong (kíhtsi·po·ng), from kíhtsiipuw (kíhtsi·pəw, “big river”) + -ung (-əng, locative suffix), from kíhch- (“big, very”), from Proto-Algonquian *keʔči-, + síipuw (sí·pəw, “river”), from Proto-Algonquian *si·pi·wi. The river was later renamed after the group's chief, Croton.

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