Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/šek-
Proto-Algonquian edit
Verb edit
*šek-
- to urinate
Derived terms edit
- *šeka·kwa (“skunk”)
Descendants edit
- Plains Algonquian:
- Blackfoot: ssksi (“urinate”)
- Cheyenne: -xaa'e (“urinate”)
- Central Algonquian:
- Cree: sikow / ᓯᑯᐤ (sikow, “she or he urinates”)
- Ojibwe: zhiishiigi (“she or he urinates”)
- Eastern Algonquian: *šəkīw (“urinate”)
References edit
- Siebert (1967)