Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/menahanwi

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 Proto-Algonquian *menehsi (“island”).

Noun

*menahanwi

1. island

Descendants

• Plains Algonquian
  • Probably Cheyenne manȧhého'e (“island, country”)
• Central Algonquian
  • Ottawa: mnishenh
• Eastern Algonquian
  • Abenaki: mnahan, menahan, manahan
  • Penobscot: mə̀nəhan
  • Loup A: men'han, mənhan
  • Massachusett: munnóh, munnohhan
  • Miami: minahánwi
  • Unami: mënatay
  • Munsee: mŭnáhan (mə̆náhan)
  • Mohegan-Pequot: munahan

Notes

Related to Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi terms ᒥᓂᔅᑎᒄ (ministikw, “island”), minishtikᵘ (“island”), minictikw.

References

• Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, citing Goddard (1982)