Reconstruction:Proto-Siouan/sará·

This Proto-Siouan 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-Siouan

Noun

*sará·

  1. grease (inedible)
    Near-synonym: *i·kri (edible)

Usage notes

Generally refers to grease used for lubricating tools and weapons or applied on the body, as opposed to grease used for cooking or consumption.

Descendants

  • Proto-Crow-Hidatsa: *cará·
    • Crow: taláa (“grease, oil”)
    • Hidatsa: caráa (“grease, lard”)
  • Proto-Mississippi-Valley: *srá
    • Proto-Dakota: *srá
      • Lakota: slá
      • Dakota: sdá
      • Assiniboine: sná
    • Proto-Hoocąk-Chiwere: *srá
      • Chiwere: θra
      • Winnebago: sará (“to oil, to be oily”)
    • → Proto-Dhegiha: *sRá-re (causative)
      • Omaha-Ponca: snáðe (“to lubricate”)
      • Kansa: stáye (“to grease”)
      • Osage: 𐓮𐓰𐓘́𐓵𐓟 (“to grease”)
      • Quapaw: stáde (“to grease”)

References

  • Robert L. Rankin, Richard T. Carter, A. Wesley Jones, John E. Koontz, David S. Rood, Iren Hartmann, editors (2015), “Entry #753”, in Comparative Siouan Dictionary‎[1], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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