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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/pešiwa

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

Etymology

Possibly from a Proto-Algic root which was also the source of Yurok pusi, puesee (“cat”), if that term is not simply a borrowing of English pussy(cat).

Noun

*pešiwa

  1. large cat; bobcat, lynx

Descendants
  • Plains Algonquian:
    • possibly Blackfoot póósa, if that term is not a loan from English pussy(cat)
    • possibly Cheyenne póéso (“cat”), if that term is not a loan from English pussy(cat)
  • Central Algonquian
    • Plains Cree: pisiw / ᐱᓯᐤ (“lynx, bobcat”)
    • Northern East Cree: pishiu / ᐱᔑᐤ (pishiw, “lynx”)
    • Southern East Cree: pishuu / ᐱᔔ (pishoo, “lynx”)
    • Moose Cree: pišiw / ᐱᔑᐤ (“lynx”)
    • Swampy Cree: pishiw / ᐱᔑᐤ (“lynx”)
    • Montagnais: pishu
    • Atikamekw: piciw
    • Miami: pinšiwa (“bobcat; housecat”)
    • Fox: peshiwa (“bobcat”)
    • Ojibwe: bizhiw (“lynx”)
    • Algonquin: pijiw
    • Ottawa: bzhiw
    • Potawatomi: bzhew
    • Menominee: pesēw (“bobcat, lynx”)
    • Kickapoo: pesia
    • Shawnee: pesiwa
  • Eastern Algonquian
    • Abenaki: bezo (“bobcat”), bezois, pezois (“housecat”)
    • Penobscot: pə̀so (“bobcat, lynx”)
    • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: posu (“bobcat”)
    • Massachusett: pussoúgh (“wildcat”)
    • Unami: pushis (“housecat”)
    • Loup A: pesȣȣis

References
  • Frank T. Siebert Jr. (1967) “The Original Home of the Algonquian People”, in National Museum of Canada Bulletin 2014: Contributions to Antropology: Linguistics I‎, page 21
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