English
Peigan
Peigan comes from Blackfoot Piikáni.
- BlackfootmodernPiikáni
- EnglishtodayPeigan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- BlackfootmodernPiikáni
- EnglishtodayPeigan
The story
Ultimately derived from Blackfoot Piikáni, possibly through a language such as Muskogee or Apsalooke due to voicing of intervocalic /k/.
Every English word from Blackfoot Piikáni
Today it means
noun A member of either of two the Blackfoot nations: Aamsskaapipikani (Blackfeet; South Peigan) or Aapatohsipikani ([North] Peigan)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Blackfoot Piikáni / Peigan