Reconstruction:Proto-Iroquoian/hwihsk

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This Proto-Iroquoian 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-Iroquoian

Numeral

*hwihsk

five

Descendants

Southern Iroquoian:
- Cherokee: ᎯᏍᎩ (hisgi)
Proto-North Iroquoian: *ˈhwihsk, *ˈhwiks
- Susquehannock: Whisck
- Laurentian: Ouyscon
- Mohawk: wísk
- Oneida: wísk
- Onondaga: hwíks
- Cayuga: hwíhs

References

Charles Julian (2010) A history of the Iroquoian Languages‎, University of Manitoba, page 485

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