English
Onigum
Onigum comes from Ojibwe onigam ‘portage’, and goes back to Proto-Algonquian *wenikami.
- Proto-Algonquianprehistoric (reconstructed)*wenikamireconstructed
- Ojibwemodernonigam‘portage’
- EnglishtodayOnigum
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Algonquianprehistoric (reconstructed)*wenikamireconstructed
- Ojibwemodernonigam‘portage’
- EnglishtodayOnigum
Every English word from Proto-Algonquian *wenikami
Today it means
name An unincorporated community in Cass County, Minnesota, United States.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Algonquian *wenikami / Onigum