< Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean

Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/θaθiCo

Proto-Muskogean

Etymology

Possibly related to Tunica nini (“fish”), though it is also possible this was borrowed into Tunica through a (West) Muskogean language.

Noun

*θaθiCₐo[1]

  1. fish

Descendants
  • Alabama: ɬaɬo
    • → Mobilian: lhalho (possibly borrowed from another East Muskogean language)
  • Chickasaw: nani'
  • Choctaw: nani
  • Creek: rvro
  • Koasati: thatho
  • Mikasuki: łałi

References
  1. Booker, Karen. (2005). "Muskogean Historical Phonology." In Hardy, Heather Kay and Scancarelli, Janine (eds.), Native languages of the Southeastern United States, 246-298. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
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