Reconstruction:Proto-Algic/mene

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

Alternative forms

• *megene

Noun

*mene

1. berry

Descendants

• Yurok: menomen (“Juneberry”)
• Proto-Algonquian: *mi·na (“berry”) (see there for further descendants)

References

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