Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/ehkwa
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Proto-Algonquian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the same Proto-Algic root as Yurok mohkoh (“head louse”) and Wiyot híkw (“louse”).
Noun[edit]
*ehkwa
Descendants[edit]
- Plains Algonquian:
- possibly Blackfoot o'komi (“flea”), imitáó’kom (“a flea”)
- Cheyenne: -htaeme (“louse”), nȧ-htaeme (“my louse”)
- Central Algonquian:
- Eastern Algonquian:
- possibly Abenaki akemô (“louse”)
References[edit]
- Bloomfield (1946)
- Berman, Howard (1992) “A Restriction on the Shape of Proto-Algonquian Nouns”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 58, number 3, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, →JSTOR