Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/wa·panki
Proto-Algonquian
editNoun
edit*wa·panki
Descendants
edit- Plains Algonquian:
- Blackfoot: appinok'kuyi (“dawn”)
- Cheyenne: é-vóonā'o (“it's morning”)
- Central Algonquian:
- Eastern Algonquian:
The Abenaki autonym Wôbanaki and the English designation Abenaki are ultimately descended from this word.
References
edit- Cheyenne Dictionary of Fisher, Leman, Pine, and Sanchez
- Anthropological Linguistics, volume 15 (1973), page 158