Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/-no·na·kan-

This Proto-Algonquian 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-Algonquian

Noun

*-no·na·kan-

breast

Synonyms

*-θeni (“breast”)

Related terms

*no·nwa
*no·nle·wa (“she breastfeeds him/her”)

Descendants

Plains Algonquian:
- possibly Blackfoot uniki (“milk”), úniki(s) (“breast”)
- possibly Arapaho: niinéét (“nipple”)
Central Algonquian:
- Menominee: no·na·kan (“nipple; teat; breast (of a woman)”)
- Potawatomi: nonogin (“breast, teat”)
- Fox: nônâkani (“breast, teat; nipple”) (whence nônâkanâpowi (“(breast) milk”, literally “breast water”))
Eastern Algonquian:
- Unami: nunakàn (“woman's breast; milk”)

Compare Abenaki nonoz (“nipple; breast”), Ojibwe nooni', noozh (“breastfeed (a baby)”).

References

David Costa, The Dialectology of Southern New England Algonquian, Papers of the 38th Algonquian Conference 81-127 (edited by H. C. Wolfart) (2007)

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