Etymology

muskimoot

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Today it means: A woven bag traditionally used by certain tribes native to northeastern North America. Full definition →

Ojibwe mashkimod ← Cree maskimot
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The story

  1. Cree · derived fromᒪᐢᑭᒧᐟ“bag”
  2. Cree · derived frommaskimot
  3. Ojibwe · derived frommashkimod“bag, sack”
  4. English todaymuskimoot

From Ojibwe mashkimod (“bag, sack”), Plains Cree maskimot / Cree ᒪᐢᑭᒧᐟ (maskimot, “bag”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.