Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/xalkʷiCi

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

Noun

*xalkʷiCₐₐi

1. skin

Descendants

• ⇒ Alabama: ichokhalbi (“mouth”)
• ⇒ Chickasaw: ittihalbiꞌ (“lip(s)”, literally “mouth skin”)
  • Mobilian: tihalbi
• ⇒ Choctaw: ittialbi (“lip(s)”, literally “mouth skin”)
• Hitchiti: halbi (“skin/bark”)
• Mikasuki: halbi (“skin/bark”)