Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/wa·war(w)i

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

Alternative forms

• wa·wi (short form back-formed from the plural)

Etymology

From Proto-Algic *wa·waʔlewe (“egg”), whence also Yurok woolew (“roe of several fish”)/woorew (“roe of one fish”), Wiyot wa·'l (“salmon roe”).

Noun

*wa·war(w)i (plural *wa·warwari)

1. egg

Descendants

• Abenaki: wôwan
• Blackfoot: owáw
• Cheyenne: vovȯtse
• Cree: wâwi / ᐚᐏ (waawi)
  • Plains Cree: wâwi, ᐚᐏ
• Naskapi: ᐛᐤ (waaw)
• Atikamekw: waw
• Fox: owâwani, wâwani
• Massachusett: wôu, wóóu
• Miami: waawi
• Mohegan-Pequot: wôm
• Ojibwe: waawan
• Unami: òòl
• Munsee: wáhwal
• Malecite-Passamaquoddy: wawon
• Mi'kmaq: wa'w

References

• Siebert (1967)
• Paul Proulx, A Sketch of Blackfoot Historical Phonology (1989)