Reconstruction:Proto-Algonquian/wa·war(w)i

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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

  • wa·wi (short form back-formed from the plural)

Etymology

From Proto-Algic *wa·waʔlewe (“egg”), whence also Yurok woolew (“roe of several fish”)/woorew (“roe of one fish”), Wiyot wa·'l (“salmon roe”).

Noun

*wa·war(w)i (plural *wa·warwari)

  1. egg

Descendants

References

  • Siebert (1967)
  • Paul Proulx, A Sketch of Blackfoot Historical Phonology (1989)
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