Etymology

Kizh

K5I1Z10H4

Today it means: The Mission Indians of San Gabriel, California. Full definition →

Gabrielino-Fernandeño kiiy ← Proto-Uto-Aztecan *ki
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The story

  1. Proto-Uto-Aztecan · derived from*ki
  2. Gabrielino-Fernandeño · borrowed fromkiiy“house”
  3. English todayKizh

Possibly from Gabrielino-Fernandeño kiiy (“house”), in which case it would be from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *ki

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.