Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/e·rikwa

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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[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

*e·likwa (alternative orthography)

Etymology[edit]

Compare *-ikw- (“small, gnawing animal”).

Noun[edit]

*e·rikwa (plural *e·rikwaki)

ant

Descendants[edit]

Plains Algonquian:
- Cheyenne: hátšeške
Central Algonquian:
- Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi
  - Cree: êyik / ᐁᔨᐠ (eyik); êyikos / ᐁᔨᑯᐢ (eyikos)
  - Moose Cree: êlikw / ᐁᓕᒄ
  - Swampy Cree: eńik / ᐁᓂᒃ
  - Montagnais: anishku-eńikᵘ / enikᵘ
  - Atikamekw: erikoc

- Ojibwe-Potawatomi
  - Ojibwe: enigoons
  - Algonquin: enik
- Fox: ênikonôtha
- Miami: eelikwa
Eastern Algonquian:
- Abenaki: alikws
- Penobscot: ènikʷəss
- Malecite-Passamaquoddy: eniqs
- Massachusett: antannuneks
- Mohegan-Pequot: áyiks
- Delaware
  - Unami: èlikwës
  - Munsee: eelíikwus

References[edit]

Siebert (1975)

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