Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/mexkena·hkwa

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

Alternative forms

Noun

*mexkena·hkwa

  1. snapping turtle

Descendants

  • Plains Algonquian:
    • probably Arapaho bä'änaⁿ
    • probably Gros Ventre bä'änou
    • Cheyenne: ma'ēno (“turtle”)
  • Central Algonquian:
    • Cree miskinâhk (“turtle”)
    • Atikamekw: mikinakw
    • Montagnais: missinakᵘ
    • Menominee: mehkɛ·na·h (“big turtle”), mæhkǣnah
    • Ojibwe: mikinaak (“a snapping turtle”)
  • Eastern Algonquian
    • Mi'kmaq: migjigc
    • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: mikcikc
    • Penobscot: ámihkənahkʷ (“snapping turtle”)

References

  • Siebert (1941)
  • In Honor of Mary Haas →ISBN, edited by William Shipley, 1988): lists "PA *mexkena-hkwa 'snapping turtle'"
  • David Costa, The Historical Phonology of Miami-Illinois Consonants, in the International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 57: lists both "*meʔšixkena·hkwa" and "*mexkena·hkwa"
  • Cheyenne Dictionary of Fisher, Leman, Pine, and Sanchez: lists both "*mexkena·hkwa" and "*meʔkena·hkwa"
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