Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/θaθiCo

This Proto-Muskogean 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-Muskogean

Etymology

Possibly related to Tunica nini (“fish”), though it is also possible this was borrowed into Tunica through a (West) Muskogean language.

Noun

*θaθiCₐo^[1]

fish

Descendants

Alabama: ɬaɬo
- → Mobilian: lhalho (possibly borrowed from another East Muskogean language)
Chickasaw: nani'
- Mobilian: nani
Choctaw: nani
Creek: rvro
Koasati: thatho
Mikasuki: łałi

References

^ Booker, Karen. (2005). "Muskogean Historical Phonology." In Hardy, Heather Kay and Scancarelli, Janine (eds.), Native languages of the Southeastern United States, 246-298. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.

[1] Booker, Karen. (2005). "Muskogean Historical Phonology." In Hardy, Heather Kay and Scancarelli, Janine (eds.), Native languages of the Southeastern United States, 246-298. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.

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