Etymograph

English

Omaha

Omaha comes from Omaha-Ponca Umoⁿhoⁿ.

  1. Omaha-PoncamodernUmoⁿhoⁿ
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025Omaha

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Omaha-PoncamodernUmoⁿhoⁿ
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2025Omaha

Earliest quotation: 2025, Omaha poised to have first Black leader after mayor concedes: “Voters in Omaha were set to make history Tuesday…”

Today it means

noun A member of a tribe of Native Americans currently residing in northeastern Nebraska and western Iowa.

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

Etymograph / Omaha-Ponca Umoⁿhoⁿ / Omaha