Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/e
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From the same Proto-Algic root as Yurok hek' (“I say”).
Verb edit
*e
- say (so)
Descendants edit
- Central Algonquian:
- Miami: iwa (“he says”)
References edit
- Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN
- J. Blevins, A. Garrett, The rise and fall of l sandhi in California Algic (2007)