Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/masa·na

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

*masa·na

1. nettle

Descendants

• Cree: masân / ᒪᓵᐣ (masaan, “nettle; thistle”)
• Potawatomi: mzan (“nettle”)
• Miami: masaana (“thread”)

References

• Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, citing Siebert (1975)