Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/kene·pikwa

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

Etymology

Compare *-ikw- (“small, gnawing animal”).

Noun

*kene·pikwa

1. snake

Synonyms

• *aθko·ka (“snake”)

Descendants

• Central Algonquian:
  • Plains Cree: kinêpik, ᑭᓀᐱᐠ (“snake”)
  • Naskapi: ᐊᒋᓇᐱᒄ (achinapikw)
  • Atikamekw: kinepikw
  • Montagnais: atshinepikᵘ
  • Menominee: kenu·pik (“snake”)
  • Ojibwe: ginebig (“snake”) / ᑭᓀᐱᒃ (“snake”)
  • Miami: kineepikwa (“snake”)

References

• Hockett (1957)
• Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN