Reconstruction:Proto-Iroquoian/waʔkuhɹiːʔ

This Proto-Iroquoian 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-Iroquoian

Noun

*waʔkuhɹiːʔ

  1. whippoorwill

Descendants

  • Southern Iroquoian:
    • Cherokee: ᏩᎫᎵ (waguli)
  • Proto-North Iroquoian: *waʔkohɹi(ː)ʔ, *kwaʔkohɹjVʔ
    • Proto-Tuscarora-Nottoway: *kwaʔˈkohɹjɛʔ
      • Tuscarora: kwaʔkúrhyeh
    • Proto-Mohawk-Oneida:
    • Cayuga: gwę́’go̱hnyę’ (partially reshaped, perhaps borrowed from Seneca)
    • Seneca: gwë́’go:nyë’ (partially reshaped)

References

  • Charles Julian (2010), A history of the Iroquoian Languages‎[1], University of Manitoba, page 553
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