Etymology

winnebago

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Today it means: Any of a Native American people of Wisconsin and Nebraska, now called Ho-Chunk. Full definition →

Ojibwe wiinibiigoo
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winnebago · noun1

Genericization of the trademark Winnebago, named after Winnebago County, Iowa, where the company used to be headquartered.

Winnebago · noun, proper noun2

  1. Ojibwe · derived fromwiinibiigoo“Winnebago person”
  2. English todayWinnebago

From Ojibwe wiinibiigoo (“Winnebago person”), from wiinibiig (“murky water”) (of Lake Winnipeg), from wiini’ (“to make someone dirty”), wiinad (“it is dirty”), plus nibi (“water”), plural nibig (“waters”).

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