Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/apwa·ni

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 This Proto-Algonquian 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-Algonquian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the verb *apw- (“roast”) (which see for more).

Noun

*apwa·ni

  1. thing which has been roasted or baked; roast or baked good: roast meat or baked (corn)bread

Descendants

  • Central Algonquian:
    • Naskapi: ᐊᑈᓐ (apwaan, “meat roasted on a stick”)
    • Menominee: (enæn-)apuan (“corn bread”)
    • Ojibwe: abwaan -an (“roasted meat”)
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Penobscot: àpαn (“bread”)
    • Abenaki: abôn (“bread”)
    • Mahican: achpōhn (“bread”)
    • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: opan (“bread”)
    • Powhatan: apones, appoans (“bread”)
      • → English: pone (“fried cornbread”)
    • Munsee: apwáan (“bread”)
    • Unami: ahpòn (“bread”)

References

  • Algonquian Linguistics, volume 4 (1978), page 28 (has apwa·n)
  • Warne, A Historical Phonology of Abenaki (1973) (has apwa·na, apwa·ni; likewise a paper in the 1975 Studies in Southeastern Indian Languages, which distinguishes the two as implying bread and meat, respectively)
  • Paul Proulx, Proto-Algic IV: Nouns, in Studies in Native American Languages VII, volume 17, number 2 (1992) (has apwa·ni)
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