Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/meʔtekwa
Proto-Algonquian
editEtymology
editAnimate counterpart of *meʔtekwi (“stick”).
Noun
edit*meʔtekwa
Related terms
edit- *meʔtekwa·pyi (“bow”)
Descendants
edit- Eastern Algonquian:
- Unami: probably the middle element of wemahtekëne (“he is all over the woods”), wemahtekënis (“mythical creature (dwarf, leprechaun) that lives in the woods”)
- Munsee: míhtukw (“tree”)
- Ojibwe: mitig anim (“tree”)
- Powhatan: meihtucs
- Either from this term or a related term:
- Central Algonquian:
- Fox: mehtêha (“bow”)
- Eastern Algonquian:
- Massachusett: muhtugquash (or from *meʔtekwari ?)
- Narragansett: mihtuckquash (or from *meʔtekwari ?)
See also
editReferences
edit- Bulletin: Anthropological series (1967), issue 78, page 56