Reconstruction:Proto-Muskogean/lok¢iCa

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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

Alternative forms

Noun

*lok¢iCₐa[1]

  1. turtle

Reconstruction notes

  • There exists no (other) reconstruction with root-initial *ilo, which leads Booker to suggest that this term could be reconstructed as *ilok¢iCa. This could explain Hitchiti and Mikasuki word-initial *y, through weakening of *ilo to *iyo.

Descendants

  • Chickasaw: loksiꞌ, luksi
    • Mobilian: loksi
  • Choctaw: luksi, loksi (modern)
  • Creek: locv
  • Hitchiti: yokči
  • Mikasuki: yokči

References

  1. ^ 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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