Reconstruction:Proto-Siouan/awą́•se

This Proto-Siouan 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-Siouan

Etymology

Possibly *amą́ (“earth”) +‎ *Sá (“red”).

Noun

*awą́•se

1. metal, especially copper

Descendants

• Crow-Hidatsa: *ú•waca
  • Crow: úuwata
• Mississipi-Valley: *mą́•ze
  • Lakota: máza
  • Proto-dakota: *máza
    • Dakota: máza

References

• Rankin, Robert L., Carter, Richard T., Jones, A. Wesley, Koontz, John E., Rood, David S., Hartmann, Iren, editors (2015), Comparative Siouan Dictionary‎^[1], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology