Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/xasxʷikšisi
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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
editEtymology
editFrom *xassoki (“grass”) + *xʷikši (“tendon, blood vessel”) + *-si.
Noun
editxʷoniCₐₐi[1]
Descendants
edit- Alabama: assikchi (“muscle, vein, root”)
- Chickasaw: hakshish
- Mobilian: hakshish
- Choctaw: hakshish, hakšiš; akshish
- Mobilian: hakshish
- Koasati: assikchi
References
edit- ^ 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.