Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/sokxaCa

This Proto-Muskogean 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-Muskogean

Etymology

Compare Cherokee ᏏᏆ (siqua, “opossum (obsolete)”).

Noun

*sokxaCₐₐa[1]

  1. opossum

Descendants

  • Alabama: sokha
  • Chickasaw: shokhaꞌ
  • Choctaw: shokha
  • Creek: sokhv
  • Hitchiti: soki
  • Koasati: sokha
  • Mikasuki: soki

References

  1. ^ Booker, Karen (2005), “Muskogean Historical Phonology”, in Heather kay Hardy, Janine Scancarelli, editors, Native Languages of the Southeastern United States, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, pages 246–298
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