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Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/we-

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

Alternative forms
  • *wet- (see usage notes at ne-)
  • *wi·- (in some compounds, see usage notes at ne-)

Etymology

From Proto-Algic *weʔ-, whence also Yurok 'we-, ʔwe- (“her or his”) and Wiyot u-, w-.

Prefix

*we-

  1. her, his; the third person
    *wi·piči (“her or his tooth”)
    *wi·yawi (“her or his body”)
    *wi·kiwa·ʔmi

Descendants
  • Plains Algonquian:
    • Blackfoot: o-
    • Cheyenne: he-
  • Central Algonquian:
    • Menominee: o-
    • Fox: (o)w(î)-
    • Miami: a-
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Abenaki: w-
    • Penobscot: u-, ud-
    • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: w-
    • Mohegan-Pequot: wu-
    • Unami: w-, wi-

See also

References
  • Goddard 1971 and 1975
  • Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN
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