Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/ahšaᐧkeᐧwa

This Proto-Algonquian 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-Algonquian

Noun

*ahšaᐧkeᐧwa

1. crawfish, lobster

Descendants

• Fox: shâhkîwa/ashâhkîwa (“crayfish, crab”)
• Miami: saahkia (“crawfish”)
• Ojibwe: ashaageshiinh (“crayfish, crab”)
• possibly Menominee ohtāwakamæk (“crawfish”)
• Montagnais: ashatsheu (“lobster”)
• Cree: sâkîw (“crab, lobster”)
• possibly Unami shahëmwis (“crayfish”)
• possibly Mohegan-Pequot muhshôc (“lobster”)
• possibly Massachusett ashaūnt (“lobster”)
• possibly Penobscot nsὰke (“lobster, crayfish, crustacean”)
• possibly Malecite-Passamaquoddy 'sak/sak (“lobster”)
• possibly Mi'kmaq jagej (“lobster”)