The story
- Mi'kmaq · derived fromMalesse'jik“broken talkers”
- English todayMaliseet
From Mi'kmaq Malesse'jik (“broken talkers”) — the Mi'kmaq perceived the Maliseet as speaking a broken version of Mi'kmaq.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Maliseet
Today it means: A member of an Algonquian-speaking Native American people of the Wabanaki Confederacy, indigenous to the Saint John River valley and its tributaries, crossing the borders of New Brunswick and Quebec in Canada, and Maine in the United States. Full definition →
Mi'kmaq Malesse'jik