Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/ilmkʷi

This Proto-Muskogean 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-Muskogean edit

Noun edit

*ilmkʷi[1]

  1. hand
  2. lower arm

Descendants edit

  • Alabama: ilbi
  • Chickasaw: ilbak
  • Choctaw: ibbak
  • Creek: enkē
  • Hitchiti: ilbi
  • Koasati: ilbi
  • Mikasuki: ilbi

References edit

  1. ^ Booker, Karen. (2005). "Muskogean Historical Phonology." In Hardy, Heather Kay and Scancarelli, Janine (eds.), Native languages of the Southeastern United States, 246-298. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.