Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/šeka·kwa
Proto-Algonquian edit
Etymology edit
From *šek- (“to urinate”) (in reference to the animals' spraying of stinky musk) + *-a·kw- (“bushy-tailed animal, fox”) (compare *wa·kwehsa (“fox”)).
Noun edit
*šeka·kwa
Descendants edit
- Plains Algonquian:
- Central Algonquian:
- Eastern Algonquian: *šəkākʷ (“skunk”)
References edit
- Siebert (1967)
- Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN
- “skunk”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.