English
Shuniah
Shuniah comes from Ojibwe zhooniyaa ‘silver’, and goes back to Proto-Algonquian *šoᐧliyaᐧw- ‘money’.
- Proto-Algonquianprehistoric (reconstructed)*šoᐧliyaᐧw-‘money’reconstructed
- Ojibwemodernzhooniyaa‘silver’
- EnglishtodayShuniah
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Algonquianprehistoric (reconstructed)*šoᐧliyaᐧw-‘money’reconstructed
- Ojibwemodernzhooniyaa‘silver’
- EnglishtodayShuniah
Every English word from Proto-Algonquian *šoᐧliyaᐧw-
Today it means
name A municipality bordering the city of Thunder Bay, north-western Ontario, Canada.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Algonquian *šoᐧliyaᐧw- / Shuniah