Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/-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

Suffix

*-i

1. ending of inanimate nouns' singulars

   *-hpani (“lung”)

Descendants

• Central Algonquian:
  • Fox: -i

See also

• *-a

References

• Marc Picard, Principles and Methods in Historical Phonology: From Proto-Algonkian to Arapaho
• Papers of the Algonquian Conference (2007), page 267: the peripheral suffixes PA*-i inan. sg. (> PEA *-0) and *-ari inan. pl. (> PEA *-ar)