Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/wa·panki

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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

Noun

*wa·panki

  1. dawn

Descendants

  • Plains Algonquian:
    • Blackfoot: appinok'kuyi (“dawn”)
    • Cheyenne: é-vóonā'o (“it's morning”)
  • Central Algonquian:
  • Eastern Algonquian:
    • Mi'kmaq: wŏbŭn (“daybreak”)
    • Abenaki: wôban (“dawn”)
    • Mohegan-Pequot: wôpan (“it is sunrise, it is dawn”)
    • Mahican: wāpănáāk (“the east; the white of dawn; morning”)
    • Unami: òpàn (“it dawns, is morning”)
    • Munsee: wáapan (“it is dawn”)

The Abenaki autonym Wôbanaki and the English designation Abenaki are ultimately descended from this word.

References

  • Cheyenne Dictionary of Fisher, Leman, Pine, and Sanchez
  • Anthropological Linguistics, volume 15 (1973), page 158
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