Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/a·skikwa
Proto-Algonquian
editEtymology
editSiebert says this term uses the same suffix *-ikw- (“small, gnawing animal”) as *(w)a·pikwa (“rat”).
Noun
edit*a·skikwa
- a seal, a harbor seal
Descendants
edit- Central Algonquian:
- Eastern Algonquian: *āskikʷ
References
edit- Siebert (1967)
- Papers of the Ninth Algonquian Conference (1978)