Reconstruction:Proto-Algic/-li·ne

This Proto-Algic 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-Algic

Noun

*-li·ne

1. eye

Usage notes

This term was always possessed, e.g. as *meli·ne (alternative orthography: *meliːni).

Descendants

• Wiyot: /bəˈlid/ (with the indefinite third-person prefix)
• Yurok: me-lin (“someone's eye(s)”) (with the indefinite third-person prefix)

References

• Proulx (1984)
• Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic IV: Nouns, in Studies in Native American Languages VII, volume 17, number 2 (1992)