Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/we-
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Proto-Algonquian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Algic *weʔ-, whence also Yurok 'we-, ʔwe- (“her or his”) and Wiyot u-, w-.
Prefix
edit*we-
- her, his; the third person
- *wi·piči (“her or his tooth”)
- *wi·yawi (“her or his body”)
- *wi·kiwa·ʔmi
Descendants
edit- Plains Algonquian:
- Blackfoot: o-
- Cheyenne: he-
- Central Algonquian:
- Menominee: o-
- Fox: (o)w(î)-
- Miami: a-
- Eastern Algonquian:
See also
editReferences
edit- Goddard 1971 and 1975
- Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN