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]

  1. land

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. ↑ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
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