Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/wi·yawehsi

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

Noun

*wi·yawehsi

1. meat

Descendants

• Central Algonquian:
  • Cree: wîyâs, ᐑᔮᐢ (wiiyaas, “meat”)
    • Plains Cree: wiyâs, ᐏᔮᐢ (“meat”)
    • Moose Cree: ᐎᔭᐢ ("wiyas")
    • Swampy Cree: ᐎᔮᔅ ("wiyâs")
    • Northern East Cree: ᐧᐃᔮᔅ (yiyaas)
    • Southern East Cree: ᐧᐃᔮᔅ (yiyaas)
    • Atikamekw: wias
    • Naskapi: ᐎᔭᔅ (wiyas)
    • Montagnais: uiash
  • Fox: wîyâthi (“meat”)
  • Miami: wiiyoohsi (“meat”)
  • Ojibwe: wiiyaas -an (“meat”)
  • Ottawa: wiiyaas
  • Potawatomi: wiyas
• Eastern Algonquian:
  • Abenaki: wios (“meat”)
  • Penobscot: wə̀yohs (“meat”)
  • Mi'kmaq: wius (“meat”)
  • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: wiyuhs (“meat”)
  • Mohegan-Pequot: wiyawhs (“meat”)
  • Quiripi: wéeows
  • Massachusett: wees (“meat”)
  • Unami: wiyus (“meat”)
  • Munsee: wŭyóos (“meat”)

References

• Goddard (1982)