English
Nipissing
Nipissing comes from Ojibwe nibiinsing ‘at-the-little-waters’, and goes back to nibyi.
- Ojibwemodernnibyi‘water’
- Ojibwe, derivedmodernnibiinsing‘at-the-little-waters’
- EnglishtodayNipissing
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ojibwemodernnibyi‘water’
- Ojibwe, derivedmodernnibiinsing‘at-the-little-waters’
- EnglishtodayNipissing
Every English word from Ojibwe nibyi
Today it means
noun A member of the Nipissing First Nation, a people of Ojibwa and Algonquin descent whose ancestors lived in the area of Lake Nipissing in Ontario, Canada.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ojibwe nibyi / Nipissing