Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/pemyi
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Proto-Algonquian
editAlternative forms
edit- *pemi (older reconstruction)
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Algic *peʔmeye (“grease”), whence also Yurok pemey (“grease, cooking fat, oil”) and Wiyot bo'm, pu'm (“grease”).
Noun
edit*pemyi
Descendants
edit- Plains Algonquian:
- Central Algonquian:
- Cree: ᐱᒥᕀ (pimiy, “grease, oil, lard”), ᐱᒦᐦᑳᐣ (pimiihkaan, “pemmican”)
- English: pemmican (loanword from Cree)
- Moose Cree: ᐱᒥᔾ
- Swampy Cree: ᐱᒥᔾ
- Southern East Cree: ᐱᒦ (pimii)
- Northern East Cree: ᐱᒦ (pimii)
- Naskapi: ᐱᒥᔾ (pimiy)
- Ojibwe: bimide (“grease, oil, lard”)
- Ottawa: bmide
- Potawatomi: bmedé
- Menominee: pemēh
- Miami: pimi (“fat, grease”)
- Fox: pemi- (“grease, oil”)
- Cree: ᐱᒥᕀ (pimiy, “grease, oil, lard”), ᐱᒦᐦᑳᐣ (pimiihkaan, “pemmican”)
- Eastern Algonquian:
References
edit- Goddard (1981)