Reconstruction:Proto-Siouan/awą́•se

This Proto-Siouan 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-Siouan

Etymology

Possibly *amą́ (“earth”) +‎ *Sá (“red”).

Noun

*awą́•se

metal, especially copper

Descendants

Crow-Hidatsa: *ú•waca
- Crow: úuwata
Mississipi-Valley: *mą́•ze
- Lakota: máza
- Proto-dakota: *máza
  - Dakota: máza

References

Rankin, Robert L., Carter, Richard T., Jones, A. Wesley, Koontz, John E., Rood, David S., Hartmann, Iren, editors (2015), Comparative Siouan Dictionary‎, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

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