Reconstruction:Proto-Algic/peʔmeye

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This Proto-Algic 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-Algic[edit]

Noun[edit]

*peʔmeye

  1. grease

Descendants[edit]

  • Yurok: pemey (grease, cooking fat, oil)
  • Wiyot: bo'm, pu'm (grease)
  • Proto-Algonquian: *pemyi (grease, oil, fat)

References[edit]

  • Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic IV: Nouns, in Studies in Native American Languages VII, volume 17, number 2 (1992)