Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/so·kixpowi

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

Prefixed with *so·k- (“pouring, soaking”, preverb).

Verb

*so·kixpowi

1. it snows

Descendants

• Atikamekw: sokipon
• Mohegan-Pequot: socpo- (“it snows, it is snowing”)
• Ottawa: zoogpo
• Ojibwe: zoogipon (“it snows”)

Synonyms

• *mexponwi
• *peʔθaᐧnwi
• *piᐧwanwi

References

• Anthropological Linguistics (the journal of Indiana University's Department of Anthropology), volume 39, issue 1 (1997)