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Reconstruction:Proto-Algic/penekwe

This Proto-Algic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Algic

Etymology

Some scholars have proposed that this word or its Proto-Algonquian descendant may be connected in some way to similar words in other families, see Proto-Algonquian *penkwi for more.

Noun

*penekwe

  1. powder

Descendants
  • Proto-Algonquian: *penkwi (“dust, ashes”)
  • Yurok: penkw (“acorn flour”)

References
  • Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic IV: Nouns, in Studies in Native American Languages VII, volume 17, number 2 (1992); see also Garrett (2001)
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