Reconstruction:Proto-Iroquoian/-õːtaɹiʔ
Proto-Iroquoian
Noun
*-õːtaɹiʔ
Verb
*-õːtaɹiʔ
- to be a lake
Descendants
- Southern Iroquoian:
- Cherokee: ᎥᏓᎵ (vdali)
- Proto-North Iroquoian: *-õtaɹeʔ
- Proto-Huronian:
- Wyandot: ontari꞉io
- English: Ontario
- Wyandot: ontari꞉io
- Proto-Huronian:
References
- Charles Julian (2010), A history of the Iroquoian Languages[1], University of Manitoba, page 485