Reconstruction:Proto-Siouan/wašą́·ka

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

Alternative forms

  • *wi-šą́·ka

Etymology

The prefix could be either be *wi- (animate absolutive prefix) or simply *wa- (absolutive prefix). However, there is no conclusive evidence to support either prefix for this particular word.

Noun

*wašą́·ka

  1. frog

Descendants

  • Proto-Crow-Hidatsa: *šá·ka
    • Crow: sáaka
    • Hidatsa: sháaga
  • Pre-Mandan:
    • Mandan: psą́ka

References

  • Robert L. Rankin, Richard T. Carter, A. Wesley Jones, John E. Koontz, David S. Rood, Iren Hartmann, editors (2015), “Entry #795”, in Comparative Siouan Dictionary‎[1], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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