Etymograph

English

Nēhiyawēwin

Nēhiyawēwin comes from Plains Cree nêhiyawêwin.

  1. Plains Creemodernnêhiyawêwin
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025Nēhiyawēwin

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Plains Creemodernnêhiyawêwin
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025Nēhiyawēwin

Earliest quotation: 2025, Marie-Ève Hudon, Language regimes in the Provinces and the Territories: “In the Northwest Territories, the languages with official status…”

Every English word from Plains Cree nêhiyawêwin

Today it means

name Synonym of Cree (“language”).

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Etymograph / Plains Cree nêhiyawêwin / Nēhiyawēwin

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