CHIWERE etymology
Koontz John E
John.Koontz at colorado.edu
Wed Feb 23 06:52:15 UTC 2000
On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Alan H. Hartley wrote:
> Hodge's Hdbk I.287 s.v. Chiwere has the following Dorsey forms:
>
> Ti-re'-wi (1879)
A thought. This may be a variant of the Irish version, Tiperewi, cf.
"Tipperary." This is much mangled from the original J^egiwere, but, then,
they were a long way from the Ti(pe)rewi.
Consider this my contribution to the April postings.
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