[Lexicog] Etymology of Christmas

[Jimrem at AOL.COM]

Subject: RE: Etymology of Christmas

In Lenape (Delaware Indian) language the term is borrowed from English:

Christmas            =     Këlëshmësh
Merry Christmas   =    Mèli Këlëshmësh

but one term not borrowed is:

Christmas Tree     =    Miltin Hitukw [literally: the giving to each 
                                                         other tree]  

Jim Rementer
Lenape Language Project
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