Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/kene·pikwa
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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
Etymology
Compare *-ikw- (“small, gnawing animal”).
Noun
*kene·pikwa
Synonyms
- *aθko·ka (“snake”)
Descendants
- Central Algonquian:
- Plains Cree: kinêpik, ᑭᓀᐱᐠ (“snake”)
- Naskapi: ᐊᒋᓇᐱᒄ (achinapikw)
- Atikamekw: kinepikw
- Montagnais: atshinepikᵘ
- Menominee: kenu·pik (“snake”)
- Ojibwe: ginebig (“snake”) / ᑭᓀᐱᒃ (“snake”)
- Miami: kineepikwa (“snake”)
References
- Hockett (1957)
- Costa, David J. (2003) The Miami-Illinois Language (Studies in the Native Languages of the Americas), Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN