Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/ixakanika
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This Proto-Muskogean 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-Muskogean
Etymology
Connected by Haas (1952) to Natchez we, wi, Tunica háli, Chitimacha ney (assumed to be from earlier *neyV, most likely *neya), and Atakapa ne, resulting in her reconstruction of Proto-Gulf *ihaɣʷañiɣa.[1]
The existence of Proto-Gulf is not widely accepted by other linguists.
Noun
*ixakanika[2]
Reconstruction notes
- Haas (1952) reconstructs the term as *ihakanika[1], modern consensus is to use *x instead of *h though.
Descendants
- Alabama: ihaani
- Chickasaw: yaakniꞌ
- Choctaw: yakni
- Creek: iikana
- Hitchiti: yakni
- Koasati: ihaani
- Mikasuki: yakni
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Haas, Mary. (1952). "The Proto-Gulf word for 'land' (with notes on Proto-Siouan)". International Journal of American Linguistics 18:238–240.
- ^ Booker, Karen. (2005). "Muskogean Historical Phonology." In Hardy, Heather Kay and Scancarelli, Janine (eds.), Native languages of the Southeastern United States, 246-298. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.