Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/ehkwa

This Proto-Algonquian 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-Algonquian

Etymology

From the same Proto-Algic root as Yurok mohkoh (“head louse”) and Wiyot híkw (“louse”). Compare also Proto-Algonquian *wexkwe·wa (“maggot”).

Noun

*ehkwa

  1. louse

Descendants

  • Plains Algonquian:
    • possibly Blackfoot o'komi (“flea”), imitáó’kom (“a flea”)
    • Cheyenne: -htaeme (“louse”), nȧ-htaeme (“my louse”)
  • Central Algonquian:
    • Cree-Montagnais-Naskapi
      • Naskapi: ᐃᐧᒄ (iykw)
      • Atikamekw: iko
      • Montagnais: ikᵘ
      • Cree: ihkwa/ᐃᐦᑲᐧ (ihkay)
      • Northern East Cree: ᐄᔨᐦᒄ (iiyihkw)
      • Southern East Cree: ᐄᐦᒄ (iihkw)
    • Ojibwe: ikwa (“louse”)
    • Menominee: akuah
    • Fox: (wâp)ihkwa
    • Miami: (waap)ihkwa
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • possibly Abenaki akemô (“louse”)
    • Unami: xaihu

References

  • Bloomfield (1946)
  • Berman, Howard (1992), “A Restriction on the Shape of Proto-Algonquian Nouns”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 58, number 3, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, →JSTOR
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