English
Minnetonka
Minnetonka comes from Lakota Mní iá Tháŋka.
- LakotamodernMní iá Tháŋka
- EnglishtodayMinnetonka
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- LakotamodernMní iá Tháŋka
- EnglishtodayMinnetonka
A compound of mní ‘lake’ + tȟáŋka ‘big’
Proto-Siouan *wa-rį́· ‘water’
Lakota mní ‘lake’
Every English word from Lakota Mní iá Tháŋka
Today it means
name One of the largest lakes in Minnesota, United States (Lake Minnetonka).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Lakota Mní iá Tháŋka / Minnetonka