Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗name
A member of the Sioux tribe.
name
The group of languages spoken by the Sioux.
name
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryVarious formerly nomadic Native American tribes of the North American Great Plains.
From French Sioux, shortening of Nadouessioux, from Ojibwe naadawesiwag (“little snakes”), which could refer to the massasauga snake (Sistrurus catenatus), a small rattlesnake.
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- Borrowed-form mentionSiouxfr
- Derivation mentionnaadawesiwagoj
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