Etymograph

English

Maidu

Maidu comes from Northeast Maidu maidüm ‘man’.

  1. Northeast Maidumodernmaidüm‘man’
  2. EnglishtodayMaidu

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Northeast Maidumodernmaidüm‘man’
  2. EnglishtodayMaidu

Today it means

noun A member of an indigenous people of northern California, residing in the central Sierra Nevada.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Northeast Maidu maidüm / Maidu