Reconstruction:Proto-Algic/wa·waʔlewe

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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]

*wa·waʔlewe

  1. egg

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Algonquian: *wa·wal(w)i (egg) (see there for further descendants)
  • Wiyot: wóhl (roe)
  • Yurok: woolew (roe of several fish), woorew (roe of one fish)

References[edit]

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