Etymograph

English

hopniss

Hopniss comes from Unami hopënis.

  1. Unamimodernhopënis
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2014hopniss

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Unamimodernhopënis
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2014hopniss

Earliest quotation: 2014, Leda Meredith, Northeast Foraging: 120 Wild and Flavorful Edibles: “You have to cook hopniss tubers—they are inedible and…”

The story

Borrowed from Unami hopënis (/hopənis/ (which has now shifted to meaning "potato"), compare Munsee óhpən, ohpën (‘potato’)), possibly via Colonial Swedish.

Every English word from Unami hopënis

Today it means

noun Apios americana, a perennial vine that bears edible beans and large edible tubers.

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

Etymograph / Unami hopënis / hopniss

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