Reconstruction:Proto-Algic/peʔmeye

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

*peʔmeye

1. grease

Descendants

• Yurok: pemey (“grease, cooking fat, oil”)
• Wiyot: bo'm, pu'm (“grease”)
• Proto-Algonquian: *pemyi (“grease, oil, fat”)

References

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