Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/neʔθwi
Proto-Algonquian
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Cardinal : *neʔθwi | ||
Alternative forms
edit- *neʔɬwi (alternative orthography)
Etymology
editProbably from the same Proto-Algic root as Wiyot rik- (dik-) (“three”) and Yurok nahkse(C) (“three”). Compare Proto-Algic *nikhšeme· (“thrice, three times”), whence Wiyot rikhbé (dikhbé), Yurok nahksemi (“three times”).
It has been observed that "the numbers from ‘one’ to ‘five’ all contain a semantically empty initial (root) *ny-, realized as *ne- before a consonant".[1]
Numeral
edit*neʔθwi
- three (3)
Descendants
edit- Plains Algonquian:
- Central Algonquian:
- Eastern Algonquian: *nəhxwi (“three”)
References
edit- Bloomfield (1946)
- Ningewance, Patricia M. Zagataagan: A Northern Ojibwe Dictionary. Anishaabemowin Ikidowinan gaa-niibidebii'igaadegin dago gaye ewemitigoozhiibii'igaadegin (2009)