Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/pya·kimini

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

Etymology

The second element is .

Noun

*pya·kimini

1. cranberry

Descendants

• Central Algonquian:
  • Potawatomi: bokmen, pokminesin (“cranberries”)
  • Fox: pyâkimini (“persimmon”)
  • Miami: pyaakimina (“persimmons”)
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • Mohegan-Pequot: pôcum (“cranberry”)
  • Unami: pakim (“cranberry”)
  • Munsee: páakim (“cranberry”)

References

• Goddard (1982)
• Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN