Reconstruction:Proto-Algic/peɬeɬkewe

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

Alternative forms

• *peθeθkewe

Noun

*peɬeɬkewe

1. rock

Descendants

• Yurok: pehlkohl (“gravel, pebbles”)
• Wiyot: płátk (“stone, rock”)
• Proto-Algonquian: *-a·peθk- (“stone; metal; solid material”), *-a·peθkwi (“rock, stone”) (see there for further descendants)

References

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